Jonathan Aird

Neal Casal + Johnny Irion “No Hard Feelings” – Lost song cleaned up and expanded

May 17, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s a little tribute to the art of never throwing anything away, which features a cleaned-up and expanded recording by Neal Casal that has been released as a fundraiser for the Neal Casal Music Foundation. One […]

Mary-Charlotte Young “Honky-Tonk Eyes”

May 17, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

We’ve being virtually snowed under with requests for more Honky-Tonking in the Tracks section: well, your wish is our command (well, mostly, and only if we actually want to do it otherwise it’s a straight “no […]

Track Premiere: Everett Wren “Billboard”

May 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been fiddling pretty much all the way for Everett Wren – who gained his first performance credit in his family band at the age of 4. A few years later and he’d won an Arkansas […]

Mary Gauthier “Dark Enough To See The Stars” – gaining clarity from grief

May 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The singles really are coming thick and fast from Mary Gauthier’s upcoming album ‘Dark Enough To See The Stars‘, which is released on June 3rd. Not that we’re complaining – we love Mary Gauthier so really […]

Track Premiere: The Jaws Of Brooklyn “Sugar Sugar” – Strutting garage-rock sounds

May 13, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Let’s close out a week which has shifted from world-weary folk through some mid-week high-jiggery to touches of psychedelia with a piece of polished garage, if that’s not too much of an oxymoron for y’all. ‘Sugar […]

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0

In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

Cover art for Danni Nicholls album "Making Moves"

Danni Nicholls “Making Moves”

July 1, 2026 0

Top-class vocals and production complement finely crafted personal lyrics of love, loss and hope from UK-born now Nashville-based artist. One of the joys in reviewing albums for Americana UK is that moment when you first play […]

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 […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Neal Casal + Johnny Irion “No Hard Feelings” – Lost song cleaned up and expanded

Mary-Charlotte Young “Honky-Tonk Eyes”

Track Premiere: Everett Wren “Billboard”

Mary Gauthier “Dark Enough To See The Stars” – gaining clarity from grief

Track Premiere: The Jaws Of Brooklyn “Sugar Sugar” – Strutting garage-rock sounds

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

Danni Nicholls “Making Moves”

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