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About Jonathan Aird
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Track Premiere: The Mattoid “Beautiful”

June 7, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
We get a lot of people who are described as troubadours, mostly these are people with a home and a tour schedule but Helsinki’s Ville Kiviniemi has a better fit to the restless wandering artist mythology […]
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Rainn Byrns “Never Ending Story” – no dragons mentioned, honest

June 6, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
How better to start the week than with a song that focuses on the endless pointless repetition of life, with the same old same old coming around again.  And again.  And, yes, yet again.  Perfect for […]
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Dream Team Double Header – Judy Collins & Wizz Jones

June 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Randomness – it can be a great thing.  To hit town and find a favourite artist is playing that night, to stoop down and pick up a £50 note blowing along an empty street, to… well […]
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māsa “My Love Went To Sea”

June 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
The UK based folk band māsa – who previously recorded as Currer Bell – have an album ‘Sailors and Insomniacs‘ out on August 5th, from which today’s song is taken.  It’s a modern folk song very […]
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Track Premiere: Molly Maguires “Better”

May 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Better‘ is a new song from New England-based Molly Maguires, and represents a transition in their sound.  Not just in the music itself but also in the way the band pull material together.  Founding member JJ […]

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All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

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Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

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Maisy Owen

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

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Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

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Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes

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All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0
The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]
Album Reviews

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0
Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]
Maisy Owen
Live Reviews

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

July 1, 2026 0
It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]

  • All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October
  • Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”
  • Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026
  • Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album
  • Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes
  • Video: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”
  • More People Really Should Know About: David Borné
  • Ian Prowse “No Names”
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]

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Hank Wangford and Noel Dashwood “Promises, Promises”

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Atmospheric Hawaiian-influenced roots country features characteristic wry humour from Wangford and fine dobro from duo partner Dashwood. Hank Wangford–the performing alter-ego of  Dr. Sam Hutt–will need no introduction to many readers, as a home-grown pioneer in […]
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Video Premiere: Strange Pilgrim “Salt and Seagulls”

July 29, 2022 0
If rays of hazy sunshine mixed with a touch of nostalgic memory could be transformed into music, it would be something like ‘Salt and Seagulls’, the new video from Strange Pilgrim.  Over a strong, hypnotic rhythm, […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians “The President”

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So for the past couple of weeks we have been considering notions of ‘democracy’ and in this latest instalment of ‘PPP’ we are going to further postulate on the idea of ‘rule’ (cracy) by the ‘people’ […]

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