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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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Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart: “How Could You Let Me Go” – how indeed?

November 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This song by Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart is a cover of the Madelynn Von Ritz (aka Lynn Castle) song ‘How Could You Let Me Go.’  And it’s something special.  Where’s this come from, you ask?  […]
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Old School Reasons “Can’t Keep Me Down” – he gets knocked….

November 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Now, this one might be a small stretch but to be honest we’ve been a bit short on really driving rock recently and Old School Reasons certainly offer that.  They are a four piece alternative rock […]
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My Girl The River “Information Highway” – let’s head off grid…

November 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This is the latest, just released, single from Americana UK regulars My Girl The River – of whom we’d hope you’re familiar by now.  But if not – the band is fronted by UK based Louisiana […]
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Other Brother Darryl “Drive” – let’s connect, man

November 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Drive‘ is the second single from the ensemble band Other Brother Darryl, led by Boston music scene veterans Dan Nicklin, Nate Leavitt, Dan Cedarholm, and one that continues to cherish and maintain the memory of their […]
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Jared Dustin Griffin “Bottle On The Stove” – battling internal demons

November 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Bottle on the Stove‘ is the most recent single from the album ‘Battle Cry Mercy‘ by Jared Dustin Griffin.  It’s his debut solo album, although he has previously released albums as Rocks & Salt, a duo […]

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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 […]
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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”
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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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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 […]
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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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Jerry Lehane “Runaway With You” – Listen

August 25, 2020 0
Nearly thirty years after they were recorded Jerry Lehana, of Boston’s The Dogmatics, is releasing an EP of five songs recorded just after the band came to a sudden halt with the death of bassist Paul […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Paul Kelly “Meet Me in the Middle of the Air”

February 20, 2023 1
Listening to Mark Whitfield’s choice of Laura Cantrell’s spellbinding ‘When The Roses Bloom Again’ for last week’s Chaingang, it’s hard not to think about the huge number of songs in Americana, like that one, which dig […]
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Stephen Simmons “Grandpa’s Jacket” – welcome to the show

October 31, 2025 1
There is an unnamed, but well stocked, subgenre of music in general which reflects on the toll that the troubadour life takes, and ‘Grandpa’s Jacket‘ by Stephen Simmons is well within that subgenre.  There’s a weariness […]

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