Jonathan Aird

Track Premiere: The Kipsies “Be Still”

August 12, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Kipsies are a band based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who make a roots influenced music that draws on traditional bluegrass and old-time instrumentation, but with a progressive and modern sound that blends in elements of […]

Broken Forest “Spirit Of The Meadows” – the skylarks ascending

August 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Perhaps the most attention-grabbing part of the backstory for Broken Forest, and in particular today’s song ‘Spirit of the Meadows‘, is that this most perfect sounding piece of modern British Folk is the work of Luise […]

Mason Via “Love Train” – one train leaves town, hope aboard another

August 10, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s true that we don’t feature a great number of people who have appeared on American idol (or, for that matter, the myriad of other musical talent shows around the world) but Mason Via is something […]

Chris Shiflett “Long, Long, Year” – seems like so much longer…

August 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Chris Shiflett says of his new song that: “The line ‘It’s been a long, long year’ was rattling around my head for obvious reasons, but I framed it as a love song,” and ‘Long, Long Year‘ […]

Eliza Carthy “The Snow It Melts The Soonest” – from new album

August 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s no-one like Eliza Carthy, what a singer and musician and what an innovative reshaper of traditional songs. Is it fair to say the reigning queen of English folk? Yeah, why not. Celebrating thirty years as […]