Jonathan Aird

Dream Team Double Header – Courtney Marie Andrews and Bob Dylan

February 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Sometimes the accidental pairings that Songkick offers up in its Email Headers are bizarre – and we’ve featured a number of those already. And sometimes they truly are a perfect Dream Team which would make for […]

Track Premiere: Young Martyrs “Never Gave You The Blues”

February 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Lockdowns – not a happy time for a lot of people. Young Martyrs are a four-piece from Bath & Bristol, which formed amid the lockdowns of 2020 – finding big rooms so they could keep their […]

Live Review: UK Americana Music Week. AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 24th & 25th January 2023

February 8, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The annual AmericanaFest Showcases organised by the AMA-UK as part of their festival is a highlight of the year. With six venues (Moth Club, Paper Dress Vintage, Night Tales, Oslo, Hackney Social and Hackney Church Brew […]

Kassi Valazza “Watching Planes Go By” – stand still at your own peril

February 8, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

UNCUT may have called Kassi Valazza’s new album ‘Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing‘ a “slow-burning mix of Americana and Paisley Underground psych”, in fact there’s no “may” about it. They did call it just that. We beg […]

Tina Ross “Summers Like These” – let’s stay like this forever

February 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest single from Tina Ross is a classy cut of singer-songwriter perfection. Word rich, and emotionally sung, Tina Ross sings romantically of love, and of a time “when love was soft.” It’s a reflection on […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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