Jonathan Aird

Alela Diane “When We Believed” – talking to your younger self

July 25, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

‘When We Believed‘ is the latest single to be released by Portland singer-songwriter Alela Diane this year, with hints that there will be a full album soon as a follow-up to 2018’s ‘Cusp.’ ‘When We Believed‘ […]

Track Premiere: Freedy Johnston “Tryin’ To Move On”

July 25, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

This rocking number is taken from Freedy Johnston’s new album ‘Back on the Road to You’ which is out on September 9th via 40 Below Records. ‘Tryin’ to Move On‘ relates a series of failures to escape […]

Cahalen Morrison “The Month Of May” – haunted Americana

July 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 4

Cahalen Morrison has a way of channeling the otherworldly strangeness that inhabits the best of traditional folksong and finding new directions to take it in. Does this come from growing up in the high desert of […]

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 […]

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, […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Vanessa Peters “How Long”

February 6, 2024 0

There are no two ways about this – Vanessa Peters’ ‘How Long‘ is a truly beautiful song, with relatable lyrics woven around vignettes of lives on the precipice. Everything is fine and then everything falls apart, […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Ellis Paul “When Angels Fall”

May 30, 2023 0

Here’s is the emotive video premiere of ‘When Angels Fall’ from Ellis Paul. The song’s theme is immediately clear and direct when Paul delivers the opening lines: “I’ve got a gun // I’ve got a message // […]

Tracks

The Hanging Stars “On a Sweet Summer’s Day” – Listen

January 30, 2018 0

With four-part-harmonies and luscious twelve-string guitars London’s The Hanging Stars borrow a musical feeling from The Byrds for this perfect slice of psychedelic folk-rock. On a Sweet Summer’s Day is from the band’s new album Songs For […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Alela Diane “When We Believed” – talking to your younger self

Track Premiere: Freedy Johnston “Tryin’ To Move On”

Cahalen Morrison “The Month Of May” – haunted Americana

Oakwalker “Ghost Town” – no future for you?

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

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