Jonathan Aird

Alasdair Roberts “The Bonny Moorhen” – that’s the bird for me…

May 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Alasdair Roberts has what is simply one of the finest of folk voices, an unaffected delivery which is totally in the service of whatever song he is singing. And ‘The Bonny Moorhen‘ from his latest album […]

Live Review: Kassi Valazza + Ann Liu Cannon, The Slaughtered Lamb, London – 27th April 2023

May 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

God but The Slaughtered Lamb was busy – upstairs was rammed and the beats of the music being played by the DJ easily penetrated into the basement music venue, a small space, similarly at capacity for […]

Anna Tivel “The Good Fight” – if this is all there is then this is what I wanted to do

May 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Anna Tivel, we will never cease to tell you, is one of the finest songwriters of her generation. It can be that a lot of songs one hears are nice enough, they amuse for a few […]

Justin Rutledge “Mary” – remembering a favourite person

May 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

What is this – midweek already? How can that be? Feeling run-ragged? Same. We should just slope off and grab a flat white and find somewhere quiet and out of the way and just blow a […]

Graham Nash “Now”

May 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

New collection of songs shows Nash’s songwriting is undimmed. There was a time when the ambition of a rock and roll band was to do as well as they could for their brief period in the […]