Jonathan Aird

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 […]

Scree “Questions For The Moon” – wordless answers

February 1, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Welcome Americana instrumental track groovesters to the latest entry in the Americana UK semi-regular mid-week mid-afternoon tuneful tune with no pesky words – or, if you prefer catchy acronyms, and frankly who doesn’t?, the feature we […]

Gabrielle Grace “Draw The Line” – Are we even still talking?

February 1, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Texan born and Nashville dwelling singer-songwriter Gabrielle Grace here shares a delicate and introspective song, ‘Draw The Line‘ finds Grace questioning her behaviours and the choices she’s making in her relationship. Are things bad, well there’s […]

Sunny War “New Day”

January 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from her new album ‘Anarchist Gospel‘ which is released on February 3rd via New West Records, ‘New Day‘ picks away at love that is placed where maybe love should not be placed: “I’m love’s junkie […]

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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