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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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Aoife O’Donovan & Hawktail “America, Come” – acoustic friends

July 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
And if you’re thinking – sure is a lot of Aoife O’Donovan these days then all we can say is that yes, there is, and that’s a good thing.  An example of this musical productivity is […]
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Goodnight Texas “The Lightning And The Old Man Todd” – nurture or nature?

July 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Goodnight Texas were founded by Avi Vinocur and Patrick Dyer Wolf, and they took their band name from a hamlet lying at the exact midpoint between their respective homes in San Francisco and Chapel Hill.  Their […]
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Paper Wings “Listen To The World Spin”

July 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
Perfection. That’s it. After a three year break from recording together, and on their third album, Emily Mann and Wila Frank, known together as Paper Wings, have placed an indelible mark on the modern folk old […]
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Live Review: Aoife O’Donovan with the Guildhall Session Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 18th June 2024

July 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
One cannot but reflect that Aoife O’Donovan likes to do things at either end of a musical spectrum – having recently been performing her version of Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska‘ in a solo acoustic show –  she has […]
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The Armoires “We Absolutely Mean It” – no messing

July 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Two of The Armoires are Christina Bulbenko and Rex Broome who founded Big Stir Records, so it should come as no surprise that we are in the realm of multi-layered power-pop, with more than a little […]

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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

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Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”

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Film of “Hadestown: The Musical” gets limited release in October

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

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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
artwork for Michael McDermott album "Flowers From The Graveyard"
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Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”

August 19, 2026 1
Anthemic songs of hard times and hope amidst the 99%. Now well into his sixth decade, Michael McDermott keeps on producing records of quality from his home city of Chicago. The eagerly awaited Flowers From The […]
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Film of “Hadestown: The Musical” gets limited release in October

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Hadestown, the musical co-written by Anais Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin, has earned many accolades, including eight Tony Awards in 2019, including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. But if you […]

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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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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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Richard Thompson “Ship To Shore”

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Never resting on his laurels, Richard Thompson remains as vital as ever. We reckon that a new album from Richard Thompson, surely regarded these days, by most, as one of the UK’s premier songwriters and performers […]
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Rod Picott lands in UK for tour next month

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Rod Picott has been recording for 17 years now which is almost as long as this century’s been around, his debut album ‘Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues’ putting a nail in the coffin of his construction career […]
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Red Rooster announce 2020 festival line-up

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The always excellent Red Rooster festival has announced the first line-up for 2020, a 3-day event which takes place in the parkland and woods of Euston Hall, Suffolk from May 28th –30th. Described as “a good-time […]

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