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About Jonathan Aird
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Hushman “She Climbs The Munros” – not solely an appreciation of craggy mountainsides

November 2, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Self-described “Anglo-Celt” Hushman (AKA Ewan MacPherson) has worked with Indie-folk trio Salt House, Acid-Croft legends Shooglenifty and Nu-Nordic Quartet Fribo.  That may or may not mean much to you, dear avid folkie and Americana reader, but […]
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Track Premiere: Prinz Grizzley “Payback Day (I’ll Give No Warning)”

November 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
The Austrian Alps are not, perhaps, the first mountains you tend to think of in relation to Americana, but that’s where you’ll find Prinz Grizzley, aka Chris Comper.  He’s a musician who is happy to swap […]
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Curtis & Loretta “Santa Claus On Halloween” – not a burn by the dude in red

October 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1
Here’s the other side of Halloween, handing out candy whilst dressed up in some form of fancy dress.  We can only speculate as to why Curtis Teague chose to dress as Father Christmas, but that is […]
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Kit Lindsey “Appalachian Sunday” – haunted murder ballad

October 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Here’s an appropriate song for Halloween – the debut single by Kit Lindsey has a brooding ominous presence, as a daughter revenges her mother “she never saw him cry / ’til the day he came home […]
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Live Review: Angeline Morrison + Maddie Morris, Cecil Sharp House, London, 20th October 2022

October 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Cecil Sharp House on an Autumnal evening was the place to be to witness a major folk talent emerging.  That’s a big claim, but 2022 has surely been Angeline Morrison’s year with first the album ‘The […]

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We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]
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High-quality songwriting makes quietly expressive, personal record. Kenny Shore is not the kind of artist you stumble across via hype. He doesn’t have the infrastructure, profile, or touring machine that typically drives attention; he doesn’t even […]
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Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

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Alex Amen, the 26-year-old indie folk-country singer-songwriter from Texas, has announced his debut album, Sun of Amen, which will be out on 12th June 2026 via ATO Records. Newly signed to the label, Amen’s full-length debut […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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Track Premiere: MorningBird “Birds And Bees”

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Morning Bird started out as a duo of Rob Wheeler (guitar, mandolin, harmonica, stomp box), Jill Burkes (violin, guitar) but expanded to a trio with the addition of upright bass and guitar player Josh Palmi.  They […]
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Stream new Decemberists side project Offa Rex album

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The lovely people at NPR Music have got a stream of the new album by Offa Rex, a side project from the Decemberists with English folk singer Olivia Chaney (no relation to Dick) (partly because they […]
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JD Clayton “Long Way From Home”

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A strong collection with songs that will appeal to a wide audience. JD Clayton hails from Fort Smith in Arkansas a town of around 80,000 or so and the third largest in the state. JD’s father […]

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