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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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Something for the long weekend: Aoife O’Donovan “Phoenix”

April 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, that’s it for another week of great music and vibes.  Yes indeed, Thursday is the new Friday as we head into the long weekend – thank the multi-faceted deities for the four day Easter Weekend.  […]
Tracks

Dream Team Triple Header – Fairport Convention, Larkin Poe, Iggy Pop

April 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Or, as we like to call this surely near all day mini-festival: Convention Poe-Pop.  Actually, scrub that, it sounds like the TellyTubbies (ay-O).  But it would take a curmudgeon of monumental proportions to not be excited […]
Album Reviews

Stephen Stills “Live At Berkley 1971”

April 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Stills live and in super form. Stephen Stills out on tour with his outpouring of music from Buffalo Springfield, CSN, CSNY, his first two solo albums and the Manassas debut to call on for a setlist.  […]
Tracks

Ida Mae (With Marcus King) “When Eden Was My Girl” – it was all so much easier back then

April 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
There’s only one way to describe this new song from Ida Mae – and that is downright rough edged and dirty.  Or raw, that’s another way to describe it.  Visceral.  Ok – there are many ways […]
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Alison Brown & Steve Martin “Foggy Morning Breaking” – Scruggs Style and Clawhammer duet

April 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Wednesday afternoon – at last.  What a week it has been, tell me about it.  Crazy.  So much craziness all around – don’t get me started.  You know, it’s a real relief to reach the Chilled […]

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

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LA band Big Trouble to release their debut album “On Elephant Hill”

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Devyn Brinsfield “Dreamers and Losers”

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Videos

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 […]
Album Reviews

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 […]
Features

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 […]

  • 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”
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Mike Scott of The Waterboys
  • Brothers Comatose “High Hopes” – wishing for well
  • Video: Elanor Moss “Fixer” – a doorway into healing
  • Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years
  • Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Devyn Brinsfield: I’ll need to fly across the pond. I hear you guys actually like good country over there.
  • Ben Yelton: My pleasure my man - loved the album! Good luck
  • Devyn Brinsfield: I will take that all day. I’m speechless 9/10? Your amazing.

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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
Waylon Payne Press Photo July 2026
Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]

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Videos

Video: Davina and the Vagabonds “Devil Horns”

August 1, 2019 0
Here’s a fun animated video to accompany the new song from Davina And The Vagabonds.  It’s taken from their new album ‘Sugar Drops’, out on August 2nd, and it’s a great little mash-up of all sorts […]
Album Reviews

Sean McMahon “You Will Know When You’re There” (Blind Date Records 2019)

March 29, 2019 0
Here is a record that provides a tantalising glimpse of Americana in Australia. McMahon, from Melbourne, has a distinctive voice that resonates here – wistful at times, but always a winning, must listen to, and thoughtful sound. […]
News

Jackson Browne Covers Bruce Springsteen at Gun Violence Concert

September 27, 2016 0
Incredible version too if you get a minute to watch below.  Rolling Stone reports: “Jackson Browne delivered a poignant cover version of Bruce Springsteen’s 2000 track “American Skin (41 Shots)” during the New York City installment […]

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