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About Jonathan Aird
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Iris DeMent “The Sacred Now” – Optimism is blowing in the wind…

February 16, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Has Iris Dement ever sounded better?  This is a fantastic song from her new album ‘Workin’ On A World‘ which is released on the 24th of this month.  Written with Pieta Brown, ‘The Sacred Now’ draws […]
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Track Premiere: Camp Bedford “2 A.M.”

February 16, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Camp Bedford are a New York based folk-pop-rock trio of Roxanne Quilty on guitar, Mariela Flor Olivo on lead rhythmic guitar, and Tallen Gabriel helming the cello.  Together they produce a multi-layered vocal attack, as on this latest single ‘2 A.M.‘  For all […]
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Nothin’ Fancy “Crash And Burn”

February 15, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Nothin’ Fancy was formed as a bluegrass band in 1994 to compete in a bluegrass competition.  Ever since then, they have grown in popularity, released 11 full length albums, and continue to perform at festivals all […]
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Various Artists “Tribute to a Songpoet – Songs of Eric Andersen”

February 15, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Greenwich Village legend gets deserved superstar tribute. Eric Andersen is a song writing legend who hit the floor running with his early albums as part of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s.  He […]
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The Runaway Grooms “Jenny”- Jenny was a Dream Girl….

February 15, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Runaway Grooms are deep into a Southern Rock sound on their new album ‘This Road‘ from which today’s song ‘Jenny‘ is taken.  The Colorado-based band consists of Cody Scott on swirling keyboards, Zac Cialek on […]

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Matthew Payne “Better Times”

April 27, 2026 0
Texas Hill Country troubadour releases a very fine debut album. Matthew Payne is a singer-songwriter from the delightfully named Dripping Springs near Austin, Texas. A short bio was included in Graeme Tait’s review of Payne’s excellent […]
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Old Crow Medicine Show “My Side Of The Mountain” – living in the past?

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Well, it looks like all-star week on Tracks might be extending into all-star fortnight, and we’ll admit that we’re somewhat conflicted regarding that, as one of Americana UK’s Track section’s reasons for existence is to bring […]
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Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “The Golden Hour”

April 27, 2026 0
It’s a privilege to premiere the video for The Golden Hour, the opening track from Michael Weston King’s latest album. It’s great to see all the performers at work in precise collaboration; Colin Elliot’s insistent keys, […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Well that’s it for another week dear reader, and we leave you from the most locked-down place in the country (or at least England) with the first video and title track from the forthcoming new album […]
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Massy Ferguson “Joe’s Meat & Grocery”

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Seattle based blue collared rockers still firing on album six. Over fifteen years since they played their first show, Massy Ferguson, the amplified Americana rock band based from Seattle arrive with album number six, ‘Joe’s Meat […]
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Something for the weekend: Passenger “Keep on Walking Mr Fry”

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a new song from an artist who’s always welcome around these parts. Passenger aka Mike Rosenberg hasn’t released new material in […]

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