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About Jonathan Aird
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Track Premiere: E.W. Harris “The Nail Beside The Door”

December 19, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
‘The Nail Beside The Door‘ is a song that was birthed in a unique way – the song of the agonies of solitude and the aches of loneliness came out of a gesture of pure goodwill.  […]
Tracks

Let’s Get Some Stones For Avalon – A Year In Tracks

December 19, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2
Stones dot the landscape, marks of older times now gone but vaguely recalled or at least felt subconsciously, a connection made through elapsed years.  And the annual Track roundup is a bit like that as well […]
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Bandits On The Run “Back Home” – welcome back, at last

December 18, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Oh, the joyful harmonies of Bandits On The Run – it has been too long since we’ve had new music from them.  Here at last is a new song, and ‘Back Home‘ could be a holiday […]
Features

I picked up the loaded dice – Jon Aird’s 2024 year in review

December 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
Has this year actually finished up already?  Ignoring everything that happened for good and for ill out in the greater world, it has been a crazy musical ride – so many fantastic albums, so many amazing […]
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Mince Pie Mondays – Is there any Brandy Cream left?

December 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Another dip into the seemingly bottomless well of more or less Americana-ish / country / singer-songwriter / folk offerings that celebrate the most wonderful time of the year.  Still a dearth of directly Solstice themed songs…we’ll […]

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Anniversary Cheers: JD Crowe & The New South and Boone Creek celebrate 50 years

August 18, 2026 0
Craft Recordings re-release two remastered ground-breaking bluegrass albums, one long out of print, and both on CD for the first time In the mid-1970s, bluegrass music was evolving from the traditional ensemble acoustic playing of artists […]
Album cover artwork for Dan Pye "Room 7 on the 7th"
Album Reviews

Dan Pye “Room 7, on the 7th”

August 18, 2026 0
An impressive modern folk debut where creativity shines through. London-based Dan Pye is a creative individual. Alongside Room 7, on the 7th, his debut album, he has produced films, zines, handmade copper etchings, a diptych and […]
Cover art for Eric Hgen album "Make Country Sad Again"
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen

August 18, 2026 2
In his excellent review of the album Revival, published in these hallowed pages upon its release in 2023, my esteemed colleague Michael Macy compared the songs of Eric Hagen to those of the great American realist […]

  • Anniversary Cheers: JD Crowe & The New South and Boone Creek celebrate 50 years
  • Dan Pye “Room 7, on the 7th”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen
  • Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth collaborative project to be released in October
  • Americana Stories – Terena Elizabeth Bell “As We Go Along”
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy releases live album “Ghosts of American Psychonauts” in September
  • Riley Downing “Landfill Poetry”
  • Pauline Reese and Willie Nelson “Trail of Tears” – life has not been easy
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
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Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
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Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Track Premiere: Beau Jennings “Gettin’s Good”

May 21, 2020 0
We’re premiering ‘Gettin’s Good‘ today from  the upcoming Beau Jennings album ‘Son of Thunderbird‘ due out on June 5th.  And if it sounds at all familiar then it’s because it – like all the songs on […]
Tracks

VanWyck “Supermarket Line” – Listen

September 12, 2019 0
News is circulating that VanWyck has completed the follow up to last year’s excellent ‘An Average Woman‘ – the new album is ‘Molten Rock‘ and will be released on November 15.  The intricate finger-picking on the […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Thomas & The Angry Hearts, Martin’s Bar, Lillestrøm, Norway – 5th December 2025

December 19, 2025 0
Travelling from the UK to Norway for a single gig might appear to border on the eccentric, but some nights justify a journey. As it turned out, a cold (for the English), mild (for the Norwegians) […]

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