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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?
Live Reviews

Live Review: Mary Gauthier + Jaimee Harris, Kings Place, London – 8th November 2025

November 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Kings Place is a modern concert hall located under the offices of The Guardian and conveniently placed for King’s Cross Station, Pancras railway and Underground stations. It’s also but a stone’s throw from the developing area […]

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Lily Vakili “Rocket” – where you going, where you been?

November 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Lily Vakili has decided to step out from behind the semi-anonymity of the Vakili Band by releasing her new album “Oceans Of Kansas” under her full name.  The new music takes her on a more personal […]

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Dallas Good And Richard Reed Parry “The Brightest Light” – an unexpected release

November 26, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s still hard to believe that Dallas Good died three years ago at the young age of 48, leaving a gaping hole in the Americana music scene.  Yep Roc will soon be releasing the last music […]

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The Lowest Pair “The Uncertain Seas” – setting out without delay

November 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

It’ll have been getting on for four years since there last studio album when the new collection of songs “Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be” is released next January.  In advance of the release comes […]

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Lucinda Williams “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around” – with Norah Jones

November 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

To be totally honest – and this isn’t the first time – it always comes as a bit of a surprise that we’re featuring Norah Jones, who adds piano and additional vocals on this latest song […]

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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