Jonathan Aird

Anna Tivel “Outsiders (Live In A Living Room)”

September 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Live recordings present the most recent songs in a stripped down glory. Anna Tivel released the album ‘Outsiders‘ last year, and it continued a series of song collections in which there are stories so finely observed […]

Track Premiere: David Hobbes “Measure Of Degree”

September 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Measure of Degree‘ is taken from David Hobbes’ new, and debut, album ‘Searching for a Home‘, which is out on November 17th. It’s an album that in a way owes a debt to Wilco – in […]

Track Premiere: Adam Lytle “Seeds Of Joy”

September 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Seeds Of Joy‘ is the third single from Adam Lytle’s new debut solo album ‘This Is The Fire‘ which is due out on October 20th), produced in collaboration with Jonathan Schenke (Liars, Parquet Courts) and Trey Pollard (Faye Webster, Kevin Morby). […]

Track Premiere: Tom Heyman “White Econoline”

September 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This is a slow burning tale of life at the rougher end – those scrabbling around for hand-to-mouth employment – casual labour, not too many questions asked and maybe you get paid and maybe you don’t. […]

Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman with the London Contemporary Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 15th September 2023

September 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s quite a thought that in early 2020 Bonny Light Horseman (Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman) could be found playing in The Lexington – a lovely place in many ways, but on no one’s […]

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

August 21, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

August 21, 2026 0

A confident debut that shows the Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a vigour that sets her apart from the crowd. For singer-songwriter Alicia Blue, Waylon Jennings isn’t so much an influence as someone she calls “a creative angel […]

Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015

August 21, 2026 0

Michael Hurley died last year, and wasn’t it starting to look like he wasn’t the dying kind? Every now and then someone goes, and it’s only then that you realise what you’d been hoping for: that […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Anna Tivel “Outsiders (Live In A Living Room)”

Track Premiere: David Hobbes “Measure Of Degree”

Track Premiere: Adam Lytle “Seeds Of Joy”

Track Premiere: Tom Heyman “White Econoline”

Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman with the London Contemporary Orchestra, The Barbican, London – 15th September 2023

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015

LA band Big Trouble to release their debut album “On Elephant Hill”

Devyn Brinsfield “Dreamers and Losers”