Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Fountains of Wayne “Valley Winter Song”

April 1, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Today is the second anniversary of the passing of the Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, one of the first musicians whose life was taken by Covid. […]

Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Gild (For J.W. Teller)”

March 25, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week from us dear reader and we leave you with a new track from the forthcoming third album from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix project ‘Sometimes Our Shadow Gets in the Way’. We’ve […]

Something for the weekend: Sam Outlaw “Lonely Man”

March 18, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new song from “SoCal country” artist Sam Outlaw who’s been fairly prolific of late – his new album ‘Popular Mechanics’ was […]

Something for the weekend: Frank Turner talks about why he’s singing songs for his transgender dad

March 11, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

We thought dear reader we’d leave you with something a little different this week. Singer-songwriter Frank Turner never got on with his distant and disapproving father. Things got even worse between them when Frank discovered the […]

Something for the weekend: Phosphorescent “I’m A Mess”

March 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a track from an amazing new idea from Matthew Houck’s country-rock band Phosphorescent called The Full Moon Project, so called because […]

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

July 6, 2026 0

Midway through the European leg of her Heavy Petal tour, Sierra Ferrell and touring company found themselves at the Docks venue in Hamburg, right in the heart of the Reeperbahn. Originally the gig had been located […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”

July 6, 2026 0

Yesterday I spent five hours negotiating queues as I transported punters to the practice day of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. It was hot and dull and made doubly difficult by the entitled behaviour of […]

Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

July 6, 2026 0

A Light To Come Home To is the shining opening song on the new album, Vandals, Thieves & Lovers, from Lisa Bouchelle, and it features two special contributors, with Amanda Shires on violin and Larry Campbell […]

Articles by Mark Whitfield

Something for the weekend: Fountains of Wayne “Valley Winter Song”

Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Gild (For J.W. Teller)”

Something for the weekend: Sam Outlaw “Lonely Man”

Something for the weekend: Frank Turner talks about why he’s singing songs for his transgender dad

Something for the weekend: Phosphorescent “I’m A Mess”

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”

Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

Video Premiere: Visions Of Albion “In The Past”

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”