Jonathan Aird

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 […]

Julian Taylor tours the UK from tomorrow

January 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Following on from a first ever European appearance at the Moth Club in Hackney as part of the Americana Music Association UK showcases last Wednesday, Julian Taylor has now launched a UK tour, with some later […]

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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