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Jethro Tull “Beltane” – Happy New Year!
Yesit is true, Jethro Tull are not such regular visitors to the realm of Americana UK, this however is one of their more folk-rockish songs and since it is Beltane (or was at the weekend anyway!), […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Peter Donovan “This Better Be Good” – oh, it is
It might be that from the photo’ you’re imaging some kind of bedroom recorded angsty folk. Oh boy, are you way off beam. Peter Donovan’s new song is the title track of his solo album, released […]
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Luther Black And The Cold Hard Facts “Long Way To Go” – More Hard Travellin’
Taken from the new album ‘Moment Of Truth‘ (out on may 12th), new song ‘Long Way To Go‘ is a blue-collar testament of perseverance in the style of Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp. Singer-songwriter-producer Rick Wagner […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Jonathan Aird
One looks back at the last 22 years (we’re allowing 2000 as part of the 21st Century – I know, I know, I feel your pain fellow numerists) and it has to be admitted that there […]
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Belle And Sebastian “Young And Stupid” – talking about us again
Everyone’s favourite whimsically fay folk-rockers Belle and Sebastian return (again!) with a new song that reflects on the follies and foibles of youth, looking back on that state of being from a distance large enough to […]