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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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Pete Gow “Where Else Would We Be Going” – come on, get shifting

April 5, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
The first single from Pete Gow’s third solo album ‘Leo‘ (to be released 22nd April on Clubhouse Records), and it’s a high tempo horn laden piece of wonderful.  And for all the hugeness of the sound […]
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Track Premiere: Michelle Malone “Dust Bowl Man”

April 5, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Michelle Malone brings the vocals, the lyrics and the guitar swagger to new song ‘Dust Bowl Man‘, which is taken from the new album ‘1977.’  It’s a stripped-down album that finds Malone looking to the past […]
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Neal Francis & Wilco “Theologians” – that would be an ecumenical matter…

April 4, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
What can we say?  This awesome bringing together of Neal Francis and Wilco was captured live and was available for you – yes you guitar based funky piano loving Americana fan –  to obtain via the […]
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GospelbeacH “It’s Too Late” – man, it’s never too late, you know?

April 4, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
After a detour into bubblegum covers with last years ‘Jam Jam EP‘, GospelbeacH have returned to wonderfully sparkly new music.  Adding Luther Russells (from labelmates Those Pretty Wrongs and previously The Freewheelers)  pretty 12 string and […]
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Alex Dupree “Fortunado” – you feeling lucky punk?

April 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Oh, there are the shades of Dylan and Howe Gelb/Giant Sand hanging around this new song from Alex Dupree who got his musical start in Austin, Texas, and his voice has some Heartworn Highways-era colour to […]

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Johnny Depp & Imelda May “Haunted” – London on a Sunny Day

April 28, 2026 0
The latest single from the upcoming album 20th Century Paddy – The Songs of Shane MacGowan features a duet between Imelda May and Johnny Depp of the Hollywood Vampires.  Originally the song was penned for the Sid and […]
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Video Premiere: Ben Musser “Downtown Tree”

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The new single from singer-songwriter Ben Musser is a heartfelt tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic events of 11th September 2001. It’s also dedicated to the first responders, whose unimaginable courage was […]
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The Milk Carton Kids to tour UK and Ireland in January 2027

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The Milk Carton Kids will return to the UK and Ireland for a run of headline dates in January 2027, including London’s Barbican Centre, Bristol Beacon, Manchester’s Albert Hall, Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre. […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Icarus Phoenix “Icarus Phoenix” (Telos Tapes, 2020)

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Icarus Phoenix is the latest vehicle for the music of Montana based artist Drew Danburry. The word ‘artist’ is chosen quite deliberately here because the debut release of Icarus Phoenix, as well as being a fine […]
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