Americana UK

  • News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Features
    • Archive
      • Americana Bedrock
      • Americana Roots
      • AmericanA to Z
      • A Night to Remember
      • Dirty Dozens
      • Home Life
      • I Write the Songs
      • Lost Albums
      • Political Pops
      • Shuffle
      • Small Venue Heroes
      • Studio Life
      • The Other Side of Me
      • The Twang Factor
      • Top 10 Americana Albums Ever
      • Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century
      • Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists
      • Unsung Heroes
      • Van Life
      • Whatever Happened To…
      • What Should I Do…
      • WITATA
    • Anniversary Cheers
    • AUK Mini-Gigs
    • Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it
    • Classic Americana Albums
    • Classic Clips
    • Essentials
    • For The Sake Of The Song
    • More People Really Should Know About
    • Obituaries
    • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time
    • VERSIONS
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Tracks
  • Columns
    • Sounds from the Shed
    • Vox Continental
  • Podcast
  • Forum
  • Info
    • Contact Us!
    • Review submission FAQ
    • Support Americana UK
    • Want to write for Americana UK?
    • Daily Digest Sign-Up
    • Advertise on Americana UK
    • Privacy Policy
Our latest posts
  • [ February 16, 2026 ] For The Sake Of The Song: Cowboy Junkies “Sweet Jane” Features
  • [ February 16, 2026 ] Sarah McQuaid shares dates for extensive North Europe and UK tours News
  • [ February 16, 2026 ] Evan Honer “Everything I Wanted (& more)” Album Reviews
  • [ February 16, 2026 ] Anniversary Cheers – Willie Nelson’s “Country Music” celebrates a 15 year re-release Anniversary Cheers
  • [ February 16, 2026 ] Valerie Smith “Maggie’s Journal” Album Reviews
HomeAuthorsJonathan Aird

Articles by Jonathan Aird

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?
Tracks

Track Premiere: Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons “Pink Light”

August 18, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

You know what we think of Jerry Joseph, so it’s easy to guess that we’re more than happy to be able to offer the readership of Americana UK an opportunity of having the first listen to […]

Album Reviews

Bruce Springsteen “Tracks II: The Lost Albums”

August 18, 2025 Jonathan Aird 3

Digging through Springsteen’s archives for a mixed bag of seven new albums. At some point, all artists with lengthy careers start to release archival recordings, and Bruce is no different to Bob, Neil, and all the […]

Tracks

Arthur Buck “Sleep With One Eye Open” – to be the protector

August 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Arthur Buck is the acclaimed musical partnership of singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and guitarist Peter Buck – and they have unveiled their much-anticipated second album the unbelievably imaginatively named , “Arthur Buck 2“.  It will  be available […]

Tracks

Fruit Bats “Let You People Down” – wrestling with my angst

August 13, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

I think we can just waffle along a bit and then let you, favoured reader, hit the play button.  Look – Eric D. Johnson is just one of our favourite Americana artists – an endless collaborator, […]

Tracks

Matt Patershuk “Cutlass Supreme” – not a pirate song

August 11, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

We like a good sub-text in a song, a message that is conveyed through the words of the song even though the song doesn’t actually state directly what it’s really about.  And we’ve looked/listened quite hard […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 30 31 32 … 650 »

Donate to Americana UK

If you enjoy what you're reading and don't want to support us on a monthly basis, you can help us keep this site free from looking like one of those awful REACH sites by making a one off donation towards our running costs. We all do this in our spare time! THANK YOU.

Recent Forum Posts

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    @andyshort A brilliant album

    By Paul Kerr , 3 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man’s Zoo

    By Joe Nathan , 3 hours ago

  • Joe Nathan

    RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    R.E.M. - Out of Time

    By Joe Nathan , 5 hours ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    @peterthompson Thanks Peter - good shout - Meat Loaf RI...

    By Jonathan Hincks , 5 hours ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Mick Fleetwood and Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter...

    By Peter Thompson , 7 hours ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    @jonathanhincks Steve Earle Someday "Now my brother ...

    By Peter Thompson , 7 hours ago

  • RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    Glad I'm not alone even if I'm late to the party as eve...

    By Mark Whitfield , 8 hours ago

  • RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    @markamericana Yes, very good. Not black and white in i...

    By Martin Johnson , 10 hours ago

  • RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    @markamericana yes, watched it a while ago now, really ...

    By Viv Fish , 11 hours ago

our latest posts

Cowboy Junkies

For The Sake Of The Song: Cowboy Junkies “Sweet Jane”

Features
February 16, 2026 1
Sarah McQuaid

Sarah McQuaid shares dates for extensive North Europe and UK tours

News
February 16, 2026 0

Evan Honer “Everything I Wanted (& more)”

Album Reviews
February 16, 2026 0
Willie Nelson Live at the Welmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ on May 17th, 2012

Anniversary Cheers – Willie Nelson’s “Country Music” celebrates a 15 year re-release

Anniversary Cheers
February 16, 2026 0

Valerie Smith “Maggie’s Journal”

Album Reviews
February 16, 2026 0

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Cowboy Junkies “Sweet Jane”
  • Sarah McQuaid shares dates for extensive North Europe and UK tours
  • Evan Honer “Everything I Wanted (& more)”
  • Anniversary Cheers – Willie Nelson’s “Country Music” celebrates a 15 year re-release
  • Valerie Smith “Maggie’s Journal”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 221 “Bubbling Under”
  • Magoo “Can’t You Hear That Train” – woo-woo, chuff-chuff
  • Video Premiere: Ian Roland “Virtually Free” – Driving in harder, horizontal rain
  • Something for the weekend: Charley Crockett “Kentucky Too Long”
  • Sky Smeed “Live at Rock House”
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Keith Hargreaves: Great article, Tim. The track is also featured at 38 minutes in on the most recent AUK Podcast (18) -…
  • Mark Whitfield: Thanks for raising this Thomas, we do take this kind of thing seriously - you will see from most of…
  • Kenny: How's Tom doing? Heard he's been unwell.

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 1

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

You may have missed…

Features

Songs for the apocalypse: Hugh Masterson “Lost and Found”

April 23, 2020 0

Some of my songs I’m storing for my time capsule when the end of the world happens (as recent events have proven, it’s never too early to start doing this) hark back to my carefree childhood […]

Tracks

Erin Durant “Take A Load Off” – Listen

April 17, 2019 0

Erin Durant has shared the lead single from her second album ‘Islands‘, to be released in June.  Produced by TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone  it perfectly showcases Durant’s perfect vocal and elegant songwriting.  ‘Take a […]

Album Reviews

Hayes Carll “We’re Only Human”

August 20, 2025 0

An inward muse. After a series of releases culminating in what many considered to be his best to date “You Get It All” in 2021, Hayes Carll had gone quiet on the recording front. Frequently compared […]

© Americana UK 2025, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool