Jonathan Aird

Americana Music Association (UK) Announces Award Winners

January 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

By the miracle of the electric railway your dedicated late night news reporter was able to hot-foot (hot-rail?) it from London’s Hackney Empire where the AMA-UK Awards show was held on Thursday night and get back […]

Track Premiere: The Blue Highways “Out On The Line”

January 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The Blue Highways are North London’s latest purveyors of alt-rock – it’s a family band based around the musical partnership of singer Callum Lury with his brothers lead guitarist Jack and drummer Theo. ‘Out On The Line‘ is […]

Bobby Lee “Reds For A Blue Planet” – Cosmic-Drone-Americana

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Can we really have reached the end of January without an instrumental track feature? Seems so, and that doubtless explains why January has been such a drag – I mean, not even a few minutes to […]

Bob Dylan “Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol 17”

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Landmark album remastered and the path to the recording beautifully laid out. ‘Time Out Of Mind’ is a landmark Dylan album, not only was it successful and widely lauded and heaped with awards it was also, […]

Rickie Lee Jones “Just In Time” – Happy Day

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Yes, it is the return of the Duchess of Coolsville, with a first song from her upcoming new album on the 28th of April. The album is called ‘Pieces of Treasure‘ and sees Rickie Lee Jones […]