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Ben Jordan “El Dorado” – elusive joys
Part of the point of AmericanaFest – and the showcases in particular – is to find some new people and bands who are producing good music, and also have new music coming out soon. Ben Jordan […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Track Premiere: Vanessa Peters “How Long”
There are no two ways about this – Vanessa Peters’ ‘How Long‘ is a truly beautiful song, with relatable lyrics woven around vignettes of lives on the precipice. Everything is fine and then everything falls apart, […]
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Drew & Ellie Holcomb “”Brick By Brick” – can we build it?
Once you’ve listened to this song it will come as no surprise that the EP of the same name will be released on Valentine’s Day. To say that this is a classic romantic country ballad would […]
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Katherine Priddy “Anyway, Always” – hanging on a telephone
Katherine Priddy has shared ‘Anyways, Always’, the third single from her forthcoming second album ‘The Pendulum Swing‘, which will be out on February 16 2024 via Cooking Vinyl. It’s a low-key folk song which perfectly showcases Katherine […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: The Milk Carton Kids + Jenny Owen Youngs, The Barbican, London – 19th January 2024
Five years to the day, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale returned to The Barbican’s main hall, with their latest album ‘Only See the Moon’ which has garnered the kind of reviews that The Milk Carton Kids […]