Jonathan Aird

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Guess Who “Guns, Guns, Guns”

April 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Last week we had The Replacements, and bear with me now this one’s a bit convoluted. A replacement is something akin to a substitute, and in the history of rock and roll no substitute made more […]

The Coffis Brothers “Ramona” – come closer…

April 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s pretty audacious to follow the line “…I always thought you were so instrumental” with a mini-guitar break. Simply because it can fall one of two ways – corny or inspired. On The Coffis Brothers’ new […]

Brianna Lane “Ashes In The Fog” – Listen

April 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

“Empires rise and then they fall / The greatest leaders lose their lives before their hearts” sings Brianna Lane on their excellent cover of a song by Mother Coyote, making it movingly just acoustic guitar and […]

Jackie K “Dandelions Everywhere” – and they ain’t weeds

April 8, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

We think that we could have published this last Friday and said it was a cover of an obscure Lee Hazlewood or maybe Jimmy Webb song and most people would have accepted that. There’s certainly something […]

North Mississippi Allstars “Set Sail”

April 7, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Funky strains and less Southern Rock with latest line-up. A band that has lasted twenty-five years, produced a dozen albums and survived a string of line-up changes must be doing something right. On the latest album […]