Mark Whitfield

2 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Mark Whitfield

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and who else could we leave you with than The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson who died earlier this week. I think I’d heard Beach Boys songs on the radio growing up but my first real experience of his music in recorded form was his 1988 self-titled debut solo album which I picked up from the local record library in Bebington’s Civic Centre on the way back from school one day.

2 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Mark Whitfield

Margo Price has announced the release of new album “Hard Headed Woman”,  described as “a hell-bent collection of country music that reconnects with her roots and further redefines what it means to be a modern outlaw”, which lands on August 29th via Loma Vista, Recordings. The album, the press release notes, “captures Margo Price at her wisest, funniest, toughest and most vulnerable.

2 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Mark Whitfield

Lucinda Williams has announced nine dates for next January and February including a show at London’s Barbican. It’s her first UK dates since she played the Indigo at the 02 in 2024. Spending much of this year in the studio, ahead of a host of live shows, Lucinda is set to release new music later this year. As an acclaimed, award-winning singer/songwriter for more than four decades, Williams’ music has been highly influential and covered by a multitude of others.

2 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Mark Whitfield

AUK favourite songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author Josh Ritter will release his new album “I Believe In You, My Honeydew” on September 12th via Thirty Tigers, and he’s released the first track from it ‘You Won’t Dig My Grave’ which you can listen to below.

3 weeks ago | americana-uk.com | Mark Whitfield

Well that’s it from us for another week – if you’re an AUK supporter, your playlist will be with you at 5pm! We leave you dear reader with a song from Midwest singer-songwriter Trevor Sensor which I was discussing with our Videos Editor earlier this week.