Jonathan Aird

Tomten “Caterpillar Hill” – weird folk inspired power pop

February 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Dillon Sturtevant of Tomten had pretty much had it with the way the band was going – there was no inspiration and he says “I had reached a point with songwriting where I was just sick […]

Bandits On The Run “You Have Changed” – change is now

February 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Bandits on the Run, sometimes known as Bonanza Jellyfish, Roy Dodger and Clarissa, are the modern folk trio of Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn whose origin story as a band involves coincidences, good chances and […]

Track Premiere: Cormac Russell “Like Juliet”

February 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Cormac Russell is a bit obsessed with Romeo & Juliet, as he told us the song’s “words might have been influenced by film adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, but more likely it sprang from my readings […]

Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Empire, London – 26th January 2023

February 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 2

It’s a cliché but none the less true, that all good things have to come to an end and their annual awards show is the capping event of the Americana Music Association UK’s annual conference, held […]

Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion “Ponderosa Pine” –

February 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Mike Stinson and Johnny Irion started writing songs together in the 1990s in the San Fernando Valley. There musical collaborations came together in an old farmhouse behind a rehearsal studio called The Alley and the sounds […]