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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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Will Page “The Rise” – isn’t there a better way?

March 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Will Page is the fiddle player for Noble Jacks, but he’s also a singer-songwriter in his own right, as he ably demonstrates on ‘The Rise‘ which features Steve Knightly.  It’s a song that imagines that there […]
News

Sam Lee prepares fourth album for release

March 4, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Sam Lee is one of the most distinctive voices in British folk, who also makes some of the most innovative sounds with his song arrangements which bring a modern sensibility to an old feeling and brings […]
Tracks

Annie Hughes “Stay Awhile” – go on, you know you want to….

March 4, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
We’re easing you into Monday morning this week with a song that could easily be an ode to extending a Sunday feeling for just a bit longer…if Annie Hughes were to slip in the line “let’s […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: The National “About Today” Germany 2008

March 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
The National are not just any old americana band, they are also one of the most significant bands of the 21st century.  A band of consummate musicians who wear their musical abilities lightly – showboating isn’t […]
Tracks

Oisin Leech “Colour Of The Rain” – Reflections on life, and years that have passed

March 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
This haunting song is from the new album ‘Cold Sea‘ by Oisin Leech, which was produced by Steve Gunn and is out on Tremone Records on March 8th.  Oisin Leech may be a familiar name due […]

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Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years

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Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”

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EGREM recording studio Havana - Buena Vista Social Club
Anniversary Cheers

Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years

August 20, 2026 0
World Circuit Records, celebrating 40 years, reissues world music’s most iconic album for its 30th birthday. When world music shot out of the blocks into the consciousness of a fascinated listening audience, one album, for various […]
The Long Road 2026 festival poster
Previews

Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire

August 20, 2026 0
The Long Road Festival, at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, remains a favourite festival for americana fans – combining country, Americana and roots music. Running this year from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th August, the festival lineup combines […]
Album Reviews

Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”

August 20, 2026 0
A strange and often beguiling journey through psychedelic pop, fractured relationships and the lessons we learn the hard way. There is something immediately intriguing about Dum Evol. Brighton’s Moon Attendant have created an album that feels […]

  • Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years
  • Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire
  • Moon Attendant “Dum Evol”
  • Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”
  • 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
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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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Interviews

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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Tracks

Track Premiere: Matt Hillyer “Did She Ever Want To Live Like This”

June 7, 2024 0
Matt Hillyer has a new album ‘Bright Skyline‘ set to be released on June 21st, it’s the follow up to his  2022 solo album ‘Glorieta’.  Across eleven tracks it traces Hillyer’s musical evolution from rockabilly roots […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Carter Sampson + Malcolm MacWatt, The Sun Inn, Beverley – 5th June 2024

June 14, 2024 0
Having crammed in half a dozen gigs in the last couple of weeks my own personal tour came to a close with a visit to, what for me is a new venue, The Sun Inn, nestled […]
Album Reviews

Heart Hunters “American Eclipse” (Independent, 2018)

July 13, 2018 0
Husband and wife duo Heart Hunters (Drew de Man / Brianna Blackbird) write and sing songs with an environmental and social conscience and, with ‘American Eclipse,’ they dive head first into the murky pond of 21st century American […]

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