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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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Rufus Wainwright “Darling This Will Never Do” – Tribute to a Thompson

May 8, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
No, we haven’t messed the image up – and yes that is not Rufus Wainwright.  And no, this has nothing to do with the complaint from Loudon’s kid that we’ve all become narrow-minded since Brexit.  Nous, […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Bob Dylan “Mr Tambourine Man”, Newport Folk Festival, 1964

May 3, 2024 Jonathan Aird 4
You know, sometimes people say to me “Jonathan, you may not agree with me but I really do think that Bob Dylan is over rated, and I just don’t get all the hoo-hah about him.  He’s […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Boucher”

May 3, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
This latest song from Slim Cessna’s Auto Club pivots on the ramifications of a mispronunciation: the character at the centre of the song rages, quite literally, against a fate which see’s him condemned to be a […]
Tracks

Wyndham Baird “If We Make It Through December” – Seasons out of time…

May 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Arguably this song is a few months late, with its references to Winter, December and in particular Christmas.  But on the other hand Merle Haggard’s song does look forward to the Summer, and better times ahead.  […]
Tracks

Big Wheels “Daydreams” – dreams are only wishes…

May 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Daydreams‘ is the latest single from Big Wheels, who regard themselves as an unlikely duo.   Which may be an odd thing to say, but Cass Ford had a country music upbringing on her parents’ tour bus […]

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Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”

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Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions

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Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart

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

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artwork for Michael McDermott album "Flowers From The Graveyard"

Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”

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Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”

August 20, 2026 0
Experimental indie-jazz for the beat generation. Hailing from the Netherlands, the band’s third album was allegedly built around the base starting point of an acoustic guitar; although as the listener journeys through the songs on the […]
Tracks

Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions

August 20, 2026 0
Here’s an unexpected bonus for the Track section – the relentless wrestle between videos and tracks has allowed the realm of sound to also sometimes claim performance videos.  You do not need to ask us twice […]
Videos

Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart

August 20, 2026 0
Rayland Baxter’s latest single explores what it is like to fall in love too quickly and then deal with the vulnerability, emotional upheaval, and uncertainty afterwards. In The Fool, Baxter takes all these ideas and delivers […]

  • Personal Trainer “Human Assholes”
  • Margo Cilker “Little White Cross” – unplanned ends for reckless actions
  • Video: Rayland Baxter “The Fool” – that monster can tear us apart
  • Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”
  • Michael McDermott “Flowers From The Graveyard”
  • Film of “Hadestown: The Musical” gets limited release in October
  • 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”
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  • John bryan: Suitably blown away Graeme and it would be lovely to see Eric this side of the pond.
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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, […]
Waylon Payne Press Photo July 2026
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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 […]
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 […]

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Video: James Billett “Never Lose Flight”

May 7, 2019 0
This is the new single from London-based James Billett which has just been released.  It’s a beautifully fragile piece of music with a lovely video to accompany it.  He has an album due in the late […]
Tracks

Tyler Childers “Whitehouse Road” – Listen

June 23, 2017 1
Tyler Childers’ new album “Purgatory” (which would be a better title for the last five U2 albums) is produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson, and RS Country premiered the track below yesterday. They describe it as […]
Videos

Video: Serabee “Bayou Baby”

October 14, 2022 0
‘Bayou Baby’, the latest single from Serabee, has a fabulous groove that makes you want to move, dictated by strong percussion and pulsing bass.  Layers of fluid keys and woozy pedal steel fill out the sound, […]

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