Jonathan Aird

Live Review: Aldous Harding + H. Hawkline, The Barbican, London, 28th April 2023

May 12, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

There was a moment in the closing encore ‘Swell Does the Skull’, when Aldous Harding sings “I don’t want to be a sinner,” that the brain, ever alert for double meanings and enigmatic obliquities, decides that […]

Angela Petrilli “Ghost Inside A Frame” – missing a friend

May 12, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Angela Petrilli was, with Jenny Pagliaro, half of the duo Roses and Cigarettes who were getting some attention a few years ago , including praise from the likes of Jim Lauderdale. In one of those unpleasant […]

Dream Team Double Header – Martin Carthy and… Toyah? It’s a Mystery.

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

What? Really, Songkick, what? Martin Carthy… on tour with Toyah? How could that be? The very definition of the folk singer a lifetime deep in the music and one of the contenders for a pixie-princess of […]

Track Premiere: Kevin Bowe “California Sober”

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Kevin Bowe is a writer/producer/mixer/musician from Minneapolis, he’s worked with a string of names – some in and some without the Americana genre but notables, for us, include Paul Westerberg, Gary Louris and Freedy Johnston. He’s […]

Track Premiere: Katie Dahl “Since I Was Eight”

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Katie Dahl is a folk singer rooted in Wisconson – her family have lived on the Wisconsin peninsula for 175 years. With four albums to her name she has built a reputation for mixing unflinching authenticiy […]