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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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Track Premiere: Ed Snodderly “Better Just Ride The Mule”

June 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s premiere is a duet featuring Ed Snodderly and the awesome Amythyst Kiah, and is taken from Ed Snodderly’s new album ‘Chimney Smoke’ which is released on July 21st.  Ed Snodderly and Amythyst Kiah haven’t just […]
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Track Premiere: Jonah Tolchin “Searching For My Soul”

June 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
One thing about Jonah Tolchin is that he’s not afraid to shake things up – his first releases could easily have seen him solidly pegged as a folky singer-songwriter,  and then with 2022’s ‘Lava Lamp‘ he […]
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Track Premiere: Camp Bedford “Our America”

June 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Brooklyn based Camp Bedford released an EP ‘So Often & So Sweet‘ back in March, and they are following that up with a new single which will be released everywhere on Friday, but we have an […]
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Joel Paterson “King Street Breakdown” – play that guitar!

June 28, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Wednesday afternoon – and the blissful retreat from all those pesky lyrics as we enter the Americana UK Ragtime Breakdown Zone (or the AUKRBZ as we sometimes call it).  And today on the AUKRBZ (that’s the […]
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Track Premiere: Laura Zarougian: “Back To Me”

June 28, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Are you ready, dear loyal listener, to hear a new voice that we guarantee you that you’re going to love?  Laura Zarougian’s sound is rather special – she grew up on the coast of the Atlantic […]

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Video Premiere: Ben Musser “Downtown Tree”

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The new single from singer-songwriter Ben Musser is a heartfelt tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic events of 11th September 2001. It’s also dedicated to the first responders, whose unimaginable courage was […]
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The Milk Carton Kids to tour UK and Ireland in January 2027

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The Milk Carton Kids will return to the UK and Ireland for a run of headline dates in January 2027, including London’s Barbican Centre, Bristol Beacon, Manchester’s Albert Hall, Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre. […]
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Little Sparta “The Telling of the Truth”

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The new release by Little Sparta takes Mekons collaboration in directions old and new. After 26 years at work and 20 years since their first release, veteran Alan D. Boyd’s project Little Sparta just put out […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Ray Davies “Our Country: Americana: Act II” (Sony, 2018)

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‘Our Country’ is the follow up to Ray Davies’s first Americana record which was itself preceded by his like-named memoir. The two albums’ artwork are identical other than the original Stars & Stripes silhouette replaced by […]

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