Jonathan Aird

Miscellany Of Folk “Stone Of Destiny / Plains Of Joy” – it’s time to jig

October 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It has been too long, we agree, since the last Wednesday Instrumental Interlude Wind Down on Americana UK (which we sometimes snappily refer to as WIIWDAUK, once you say it once you’ll be saying it all […]

Our Man In The Field – active everywhere

October 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Gold On The Horizon’, is the forthcoming new album by Our Man In The Field aka singer/songwriter and actor Alex Ellis, which will be released in November. ‘Gold On The Horizon’ has been produced by Tucker […]

Alice Gerrard “Sun To Sun” – it’s time to stop just talking

October 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Alice Gerrard’s ‘Sun To Sun‘ may be a sprightly tune, with equal light placed on Tatiana Hargreaves’ fiddle, Reed Stutz’s banjo and DaShawn Hickman’s pedal steel but it has a serious message about gun control. Gerrard’s […]

Midlake & John Grant “You Don’t Get To” – no quitters

October 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

So, we were mentioning that John Grant and Midlake had a new double A side single, and doubtless you were wondering, dear reader, what the other A Side was like? Well, it is quite simply John […]

Track Premiere: The International Treasures “Leave A Little Love”

October 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It takes no lack of confidence to name your band The International Treasures, and a little more yet to call your album ‘Together, We Are The International Treasures‘. But it also takes a certain amount of […]