Jonathan Aird

Carla Olson “Set You Free This Time” – with Gene Clark

October 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 2

Oh, this is truly something special for you today dear reader. Taken from Carla Olson’s third album of duets, entitled ‘Have Harmony Will Travel 3‘ comes this previously unreleased recording of Carla and Gene Clark singing […]

Morsel “Four Wheels” – heading down the road with no plan

October 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Four Wheels‘ is the third single from ‘On A Bee Line‘, the second album from Denver based rootsy jam-band Morsel, who merge the acoustic and the electric on this pacey paean to escaping at pace down […]

Mike Stocksdale “Gone Gone Gone” – time relentlessly marches on

October 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

On today’s slice of steadily rocking Americana Mike Stocksdale reflects on the passage of time and the relentless loss of heroes, singing “We lost Charlie Watts today / Paul McCartney sure looked sad but he wouldn’t […]

Classic Clips: Bonny Light Horseman “The Roving” opbmusic Live Session, 2020

September 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This is, of course, the band that played London on the 1st of February 2020, and it perfectly captures the band’s wonderfully easy interplay – and their obvious joy that their music gives them. And if […]

The Northern Belle “Merchant Navy Hotel” – like paradise, but better

September 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been a while, but here at last is some new music from one of our favourite Nordicana bands – Nordicana of course being the even more finely genre slice that covers the Americana style music […]