Jonathan Aird

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 […]

Leftover Salmon “Fire And Brimstone” – a devilish brew

May 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Where bluegrass meets jam band that’s where you’ll find Leftover Salmon – although it’s not quite how the band choose to label themselves. As Band co-founder and lead singer Vince Herman comments: “We cover the music […]

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

August 21, 2026 1

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

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

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

Track Premiere: Kevin Bowe “California Sober”

Track Premiere: Katie Dahl “Since I Was Eight”

Leftover Salmon “Fire And Brimstone” – a devilish brew

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”