Jonathan Aird

Hermanos Gutiérrez “El Bueno Y El Malo” – Western Twang

July 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

With a nod to ‘The Good The Bad and The Ugly‘ in both the title of this instrumental (yes folks, instrumental Wednesday afternoon is back!) and the rather stylish video which accompanies it, Hermanos Gutiérrez brin […]

Review: Folk Alliance International 34th Annual Conference

July 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Unfortunately, the petty cash box was somewhat depleted and so it was not possible for Americana UK to attend the annual Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City in-person. Fortunately, however, the event which ran from […]

Daystar “Get Your Gun” – already got your flowers…

July 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

You’ll recall long memoried reader that we fair raved about Daystar’s last album ‘The Complete Recordings‘, so it is great to be able to share their new double A-Sider ‘Get Your Gun / Saints & Sinners‘. […]

Rainn Byrns “Big” – one mistake away from success

July 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Another slice of bedroom folk from Rainn Byrns in which he muses on missing out on success by not making the right move – or maybe any move – at the right time. Or any time. […]

Kenny Roby “New Day” – the future starts…now

July 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Kenny Roby was a founder member of 6 String Drag, and was principal frontman and singer with that band. He has a self-titled solo album coming out on Royal Potato Family on August 5th,and this is […]

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Live Reviews

Jon Boden, Cecil Sharp House, London, 3rd October 2017

October 9, 2017 1

October was kind to us – although Cecil Sharp House has many performance sized rooms this particular gig was pitched in the garden space. With the wall and trees of the garden as a fairy-light lit […]

Videos

Video: Seafoam Green “Maggie”

October 19, 2021 0

Seafoam Green have released a series of beautiful singles from their acclaimed new album, ‘Martin’s Garden’ and this dreamy song is, perhaps, the best yet. ‘Maggie’ is slow, gentle ballad built around epic chords and shimmering […]

Album Reviews

Tom Jenkins “When The Coal Dust Settled”

May 8, 2025 0

Tom Jenkins returns with a powerful study of post-industrial Wales. Whilst working as a contract sheep shearer across the hill farms of Wales, Tom Jenkins wrote poems inspired by the stories of his fellow workers and […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Hermanos Gutiérrez “El Bueno Y El Malo” – Western Twang

Review: Folk Alliance International 34th Annual Conference

Daystar “Get Your Gun” – already got your flowers…

Rainn Byrns “Big” – one mistake away from success

Kenny Roby “New Day” – the future starts…now

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

Ian Prowse “No Names”

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks