Jonathan Aird

Oakwalker “Ghost Town” – no future for you?

July 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Oakwalker is a Memphis based duo – Victoria Dowdy on guitar and vocals, Ethan Baker on violin – which formed in 2020. They pack out their sound with a rotating cast of additional musicians both in […]

Lauren Monroe “Sparrow” – but you’re not here

July 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Lauren Monroe is an accomplished musician, ‘Sparrow‘ comes from her third album ‘Messages From Aphrodite‘, which features an array of musicians across its tracks. Who? Well – Greg Leisz (k.d. lang, Matthew Sweet, Bill Frisell), Tyler […]

Laura Veirs “Found Light”

July 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

More Blood. More Tracks. Laura Veirs examines the fall out of divorce. If 2020’s release ‘My Echo‘ was the album that saw Veirs document the move towards her divorce from Tucker Martine at the end of […]

Dead Horses “Days Grow Longer” – time to tour again

July 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Milwaukee’s Dead Horses (Sarah Vos on vocals and guitar and Dan Wolff on upright bass) have a new album coming called ‘Brady Street‘, it’s the follow-up to their 2018 debut ‘My Mother The Moon‘. Today’s song […]

Track Premiere: Kimberly Morgan York “Fallen”

July 20, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Fallen‘ is country with a bit of rock thrown in, and showcases the gritty and powerful vocals of Kimberly Morgan York as she describes her tussles with the devil “and now I’m fallen, the Devils’ playing […]

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Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Summer Rain”

April 24, 2026 0

The gorgeous Summer Rain is the latest single from folk duo Jo Bartlett and Neil Haydock. There is the perfect confluence of three elements: wistful, yearning music; sensitive, narrative lyrics; and a visual, which is steeped […]

Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alynda Segarra 3rd May 2014

Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs

April 23, 2026 0

In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurray For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]

José González “Against The Dying Of The Light”

April 23, 2026 0

first thoughts José González is a Swedish indie-folk singer – with, naturally, the usual background in hardcore punk influenced by Black Flag and choral singing – Against The Dying Of The Light is his fifth album, […]

Interviews

Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0

At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0

Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

Interviews

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

April 21, 2026 0

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. […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 112

September 22, 2023 0

What is Englishness? A state of mind or something more.. As the rugby world cup unfolds and my previous weekend’s activities are considered I find myself thinking about Englishness and national identity. Perhaps not particularly pertinent […]

Interviews

Interview: William Prince

December 18, 2019 1

The first time Americana-UK caught a live performance from William Prince was at the Indo Nashville venue as part of the Canadian Blast event at AmericanaFest in September three months ago, his warm, enveloping baritone feeling […]

Album Reviews

Freight “Hard Worker”

November 2, 2022 1

A stomping rocky country funk, or funky country rock, album made by friends. Freight (from Ithaca NY state, there is another one!) are a five-piece band, built around a collaboration between JP Payton (JP and the […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Oakwalker “Ghost Town” – no future for you?

Lauren Monroe “Sparrow” – but you’re not here

Laura Veirs “Found Light”

Dead Horses “Days Grow Longer” – time to tour again

Track Premiere: Kimberly Morgan York “Fallen”

Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Summer Rain”

Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs

José González “Against The Dying Of The Light”

Bedouine’s new album “Neon Summer Skin” out in June

Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him