Jonathan Aird

Awolk “Into The Void” – sometimes the void looks back

February 20, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Canada’s Awolk has just released Wild Rose, a new six-track EP that introduces the next chapter of the project led by Jesse Thomas. Made with Toronto-based producer and engineer Eli Browning, the record captures a stripped-back […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – February 2026

February 19, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

What have we got this month that’s good in the world of folk song? There’s old songs done new ways, and there’s new songs done old ways. There’s the experimental, and there’s the discovery of what […]

Icarus Phoenix “On My Belly” – living life, despite it all

February 18, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

On the latest single from Icarus Phoenix, Drew Danburry once more draws from real life for a song of resilience against the world and all the strains and pressures it can exert. He says of the […]

Breakfield “Ever-Loving Mind” – Under love’s heavy burden do I sink

February 17, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Nashville band Breakfield, who we see here pursued by a Martian War Machine, made the smart move of changing their name from Boy Named Banjo and have followed that smart move up with signing to Rounder […]

Valerie Smith “Maggie’s Journal”

February 16, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Valerie Smith goes on a bluegrass family history journey. Valerie Smith has spent a dozen years working on this project, which was birthed from a chance discovery of a handwritten journal in a cheap notebook by […]