Jonathan Aird

Folk Tracks Roundup – March 2026

March 19, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s another half a dozen or so new folk tracks for your delectation and delight. Quite a varied crop, with a couple looking to future directions for folk, a couple of Irish-inspired productions and a couple […]

NOCONA “How Do You Feel?” – pretty good, mostly, slight ache just there, but mustn’t grumble

March 18, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Are you, good readers of Americana UK, ready for some music that isn’t Americana? What? What? No, no, calm down, it’s not so bad. NOCONA, the band from Los Angeles, have spent 12 years denying that […]

Chris Williams And Kid Reverie “Haunt Me” – hanging around, spectrally

March 17, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Chris Williams and Steve Varney (also known as Kid Reverie) made their musical connection in 2020 over that most common of shared loves – the love of the banjo. It started out as informal lessons, and […]

Jim Lauderdale and the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “We Look At Things In Different Ways” – rejoice in the differences

March 16, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Mr Americana, Jim Lauderdale, has a new album slated for release on April 24th, it’s called The Birds Know and it finds Lauderdale reunited once again with the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys in order to slake his […]

Bruce Springsteen “A Rainy Night In Soho” – those wet London nights

March 13, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Bruce Springsteen is just one of many well known names who have contributed to the new tribute album 20th Century Paddy, which showcases the music of Shane MacGowan. It falls to Springsteen, though, to mark the […]