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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?
Album Reviews

VanWyck “Dust Chaser”

December 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2
Into the desert – in search of freedom. It’s come to the point where a new release from VanWyck is a reason to sit up and pay attention.  The Amsterdam based singer-songwriter has, over a series […]
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A. Lee Edwards “Ride On” – right on time…

December 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Some people take a little longer than others to get to that debut album – A. Lee Edwards has had thirty years in music making and the time has, it seems, finally arrived.  The album ‘Interpreting […]
Tracks

Mince Pie Mondays – are these vegan?

December 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
What’s going on?  Isn’t Mince Pie Mondays a bit like Solstice Songs Thursdays, a last-minute attempt to use up the late-arriving seasonal songs so no one feels like the child that Santa forgot?  A sort of […]
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Rosa Bordallo “I Feel Numb” – and not comfortably

December 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Rosa Bordallo (f/k/a Manett) is a singer-songwriter and a Chamorro from the island of Guam. She has been living in New York City since the age of 19, and has written, recorded, and released several albums […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – who fancies ice skating?

December 6, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, it’s actually December, the first mince pie has been consumed, someone’s hunting for the remains of last year’s eggnog (good luck with that), and those same old decorations have been retrieved from their storage place […]

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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 […]
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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 […]

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  • Americana Stories – Terena Elizabeth Bell “As We Go Along”
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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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Ferris & Sylvester “Rain” – here comes the rain again

January 9, 2024 0
Americana favourites Ferris & Sylvester’s latest single ‘Rain‘ is taken from their latest album ‘Otherness‘ which will be released 14 days before the Ides of March.  Archie Sylvester and Issy Ferris will doubtless be playing it – and […]
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Kensington Lima “Stay Bright” – Listen

December 7, 2020 0
Kensington Lima are an Americana band from Zagreb, Croatia, fronted by songwriter Josip Radić.  Their new single ‘Stay Bright‘ is a song about finding solace in the small things – and of not being overwhelmed by […]
Album Reviews

John Howie Jr and The Rosewood Bluff “The Return Of…”

July 23, 2025 1
“The Return Of…” John Howie Jr and The Rosewood Bluff’s new album seems like a misnomer since Howie never really went away. John Howie Jr has been playing country music for 30 years, even though he never […]

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