Jonathan Aird

Bojockey “Maker Made” – Free yourself of the fear

February 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

London-based Bojockey started out as the bedroom recording project of Samuel William’s bedroom project but has since expanded to a full band with the addition of Helena Grace (vocals, bass), Dustin Price (electric guitar), Alex Shave […]

Tomten “Caterpillar Hill” – weird folk inspired power pop

February 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Dillon Sturtevant of Tomten had pretty much had it with the way the band was going – there was no inspiration and he says “I had reached a point with songwriting where I was just sick […]

Bandits On The Run “You Have Changed” – change is now

February 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Bandits on the Run, sometimes known as Bonanza Jellyfish, Roy Dodger and Clarissa, are the modern folk trio of Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn whose origin story as a band involves coincidences, good chances and […]

Track Premiere: Cormac Russell “Like Juliet”

February 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Cormac Russell is a bit obsessed with Romeo & Juliet, as he told us the song’s “words might have been influenced by film adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, but more likely it sprang from my readings […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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