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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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Kirby Lyle “The Thinking Man” – the thoughts that get thunk

September 29, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Kirby Lyle’s new song ‘The Thinking Man‘ compares and contrasts different approaches to life and relationships, adding in a reflection of the strands of leadership that each might offer. The titular thoughtful person, for example, “broods […]

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Icarus Phoenix “See or Care” – existance in life, or not

September 26, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘See or Care‘ is the final single from the huge new Icarus Phoenix album “I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said“, a double CD release of 37 songs.  And as befits its status, ‘See […]

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Drea Lake “Sturgeon Moon” – harvesting love

September 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Drea Lake has a plan for the Autumn and beyond “Will you join me in September? Where the golden fields do swell“, she sings, describing a harvesting of memories which will serve to carry positivity through […]

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Lando Manning “Blue Silk Ribbons” – carrying on traditions

September 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Enigmatic (or possibly just fast-moving) London folk artist Lando Manning self-describes the music on his upcoming EP “Fragments” – which includes a psych garage interpretation of Vashti Bunyan, a regendered traditional ballad and original compositions on […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Morton Valence & BJ Cole “Lazy Bird”

September 23, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Lazy Bird‘ is the latest single from Morton Valence, which will be available “everywhere” from the 26th of this month. Americana UK are immensely pleased to be giving you, our faithful readers, the opportunity of an […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 1

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Lee Hazlewood songs

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When NME reviewed Lee Hazlewood’s 1973 album, ‘Poet, Fool or Bum’, the journalist famously wrote a one-word critique, ‘Bum.’ Sure, it’s not one of his best records, and although Hazlewood was arguably all three of those […]

Videos

Video: The Wood Brothers “Little Bit Sweet”

April 9, 2020 0

For The Wood Brothers’ ‘Little Bit Sweet’, Texan artist, Gary Dorsey, has combined live performances, animation and old film footage cleverly to create an absorbing video.  It’s a perfect fit for a song that features engaging […]

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Fanny Lumsden and the Prawn Stars – Less a Carry On gag, more of a UK tour to support the new album

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Fanny Lumsden burst onto the UK scene with a live debut on the Avalon Stage at Glastonbury last summer and now she’s heading full steam into a UK and Ireland tour which kicks off next month […]

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