Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Tim Minchin “The Aeroplane”

November 25, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. We are full of cold here in Americana Towers which feels like a combination of all the colds we didn’t get during Covid – they always catch up […]

Columbia announce details of next release of Bob Dylan bootleg series

November 21, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings have announced details of new release ‘Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17’ which lands on Friday, January 27th 2023. The release will […]

Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Ready to Run”

November 11, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dearest of readers. Hope you enjoyed reading your own choices for the best albums of the 21st century yesterday which prove that we are all basically on the same page […]

It’s the 2022 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

November 6, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

As Iron Maiden once said in their cheerful classic ‘The Clairvoyant’, “as soon as you’re born you’re dying” and as we hurtle towards our graves at an ever-quickening pace, it will surprise no-one that here we […]

Something for the weekend: Seth Avett “Laughing River”

November 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another wet and windy week from us dear reader and we leave you with a new song from a new album from one half of the Avett Brothers, Seth Avett. Avett once made […]

Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 3

We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0

Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]

artwork for Mistaken For Wayne album "Whitefish"

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0

Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

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