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Folk Tracks Roundup – February 2026
What have we got this month that’s good in the world of folk song? There’s old songs done new ways, and there’s new songs done old ways. There’s the experimental, and there’s the discovery of what […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Icarus Phoenix “On My Belly” – living life, despite it all
On the latest single from Icarus Phoenix, Drew Danburry once more draws from real life for a song of resilience against the world and all the strains and pressures it can exert. He says of the […]
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Breakfield “Ever-Loving Mind” – Under love’s heavy burden do I sink
Nashville band Breakfield, who we see here pursued by a Martian War Machine, made the smart move of changing their name from Boy Named Banjo and have followed that smart move up with signing to Rounder […]
Album Reviews
Valerie Smith “Maggie’s Journal”
Valerie Smith goes on a bluegrass family history journey. Valerie Smith has spent a dozen years working on this project, which was birthed from a chance discovery of a handwritten journal in a cheap notebook by […]
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Magoo “Can’t You Hear That Train” – woo-woo, chuff-chuff
Here’s a quandary to contemplate – if Magoo are a progressive bluegrass band, and they do seem to be such, how come the train they sing about on Can’t You Hear That Train is producing a […]