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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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Katie Nicholas “You Kill Me” – but in the good way….

November 11, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, here we have something of a rarity, especially considering our name and all.  Not only is ‘You Kill Me’ Americana from the UK, but even more perfectly it’s Americana from a one-time resident of the […]
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Karl Blau “Vultures Of Love” – they’re circling…

November 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Karl Blau has a legendarily broad résumé. He has worked on 250 albums during the last three decades, his experience ranging from Earth and Microphones to Laura Veirs and Matthew E. White. And his own catalogue […]
Album Reviews

As Bad As Its Reputation? Bob Dylan & Grateful Dead “Dylan & The Dead”

November 7, 2024 Jonathan Aird 10
Two Giants come together – can they create musical magic? There are many albums that have a reputation for being dire, or at least underwhelming, that is not fully deserved. There are just as many feted […]
Tracks

Juanita Stein “Carry Me” – letting things go

November 7, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
The Howling Bells fronts-woman returns at last with her fourth solo album ‘The Weightless Hour‘ from which today’s  song is taken.  The new single was a lockdown written song, with quite the story behind it as […]
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Holly Lovell “Lion’s Den” – Alone and terrified

November 6, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
“I I fall no one sees / I don’t have a friend / If I break please believe me / I’m in the lion’s den” sings Holly Lovell on this naked declaration of helplessness and a […]

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Sequoia “So Long”

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Live Review: Jenny Don’t And The Spurs, The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge – 12th August 2026

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Cover art for Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap album "Home Brewed"

Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap “Home-Brewed”

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Track Premiere: Gyasi “Poor Boy”

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Video: Rowena Wise “Unlearning Of Love” – Embrace me, don’t break away

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Album Reviews

Sequoia “So Long”

August 19, 2026 0
Honest, world-weary songs of love, grief, and longing. This is Sequoia’s (aka Sequoia Feinson) second album. After a peripatetic youth, he eventually settled in rural Virginia, where he spent many of his formative years. A subsequent […]
Picture of Jenny Don't And The Spurs at The Trades Club Hebden Bridge . 12/08/2026
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jenny Don’t And The Spurs, The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge – 12th August 2026

August 19, 2026 0
It was a balmy night for the eclipse, and the roads were packed with sun-watchers as I drove over the hills to Hebden Bridge in the beautiful Calder Valley, through the premature dusk. Stepping inside the […]
Cover art for Kate Macleod's Mind the Gap album "Home Brewed"
Album Reviews

Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap “Home-Brewed”

August 19, 2026 0
An album drenched in the roots music of the americana genre, delivering a freshness to both original and traditional tunes. Kate MacLeod’s recording career spans over thirty years, either solo or in collaboration with artists such […]

  • Sequoia “So Long”
  • Live Review: Jenny Don’t And The Spurs, The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge – 12th August 2026
  • Kate MacLeod’s Mind the Gap “Home-Brewed”
  • Track Premiere: Gyasi “Poor Boy”
  • Video: Rowena Wise “Unlearning Of Love” – Embrace me, don’t break away
  • Anniversary Cheers: JD Crowe & The New South and Boone Creek celebrate 50 years
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  • Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth collaborative project to be released in October
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Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Pick of the Political Pops: The Kinks “Father Christmas”

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At Americana-UK Towers we are somewhat divided about the festive season. The opportunities for falling out with each other are manifold – the correct ratio of gin to Campari to vermouth in our Negronis, whether sprouts […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 198 “The End…”

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I have talked several times in these articles about my father and his descent into dementia. He now resides in a care home, which has, in turn, released my mother (87) from fifteen years of increasing […]

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