Jonathan Aird

Track Premiere: Bird Streets (featuring Aimee Mann) “Unkind”

April 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

On ‘Unkind‘ New Yorker John Brodeur confesses to being less than nice “I have paid you no mind / I have been reckless and obscene“, and then somewhat undercuts this apology by adding “that ain’t something […]

Classic Americana Albums: Stephanie Dosen “A Lily For The Spectre”

April 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Into the Haunted Woods – mind the owls. There was something in the air in the middle of the first decade of the 21st Century, with magic and vampires in vogue in fiction and film and, […]

Mike Stevens “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” – Wow

April 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 2

Yes, wow. It’s been a while since the never called that “Americana UK Midweek Instrumental Chill Out Zone“, but here we are, it’s midweek, a tough week (aren’t they all?) and boy could we do with […]

iskwē And Tom Wilson “Long Way Down” – prelude to a new album!

April 27, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

iskwē And Tom Wilson return with a recording from their upcoming album ‘Mother Love‘ which expands on the perhaps unlikely duos’ earlier recordings ‘Starless Nights‘ and ‘Blue Moon Drive‘ which made such an impression in 2020 […]

The Golden Roses “New Pal” – well, that’s quite a coincidence…

April 26, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, you were promised a happier-sounding song and this is a happier-sounding song. Unless you listen too closely to the lyrics in which case, guess what? It’s a sad tale of a pair of break-ups, a […]