Jonathan Aird

Buffalo Traffic Jam “Fools Gold” – time slips through my fingers

December 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Not a jam band, but an indie folk duo of Frankie Cassidy and Nathan Ross, and ‘Fools Gold‘ is the second single to come from the forthcoming album “Take Me Home”, which will be out on […]

Lucinda Williams “So Much Trouble In The World” – features Mavis Staples

December 15, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Sometimes these introductions write themselves – we know you know who Lucinda Williams, we know you know who Mavis Staples is, and we’d expect a good proportion of you to recognise ‘So Much Trouble In The […]

Jingle Bells Friday – surely it’s a bit late for stir-up Sunday?

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

And now we’re less than two weeks away from the big celebration and all the signs confirm this – the weather is taking an upturn and if that means no White Christmas then it also means […]

Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

What a year 2025 has been, musically speaking. There’s been a lot outside of music that has been…hmm, disappointing – one way or another. No one was really expecting the dawn of a new socialist utopia, […]

Anna Tivel “Swan Song” – a rumination on ephemerality

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s a funny fact that we can impart before you go and break your heart listening to then latest single from Anna Tivel. ‘Swan Song‘ is taken from a new collection called “B Sides” which acts […]