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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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Olive Klug & Wasp Eater “Honeysuckle” – bitter honey on the vine

August 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

It was on a hot, lazy spring afternoon in Nashville that Makena Brown (a.k.a wasp eater) told her friend Olive Klug about removing invasive species from a local park – the green peril in question was […]

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Larry Keel & Jon Stickley “Pioneers” – flatpicked tale of expansion

August 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

This new song features a pair of talented flat-picked guitar players – and represents something of a dream come true for Larry Keel who explains that “I’ve wanted this project to happen for so long! Jon […]

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The Droptines “Take Too Much” – access to excess is no good thing

August 5, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

You may be thinking, “That’s a big band“, judging from the photo above. Well, not in fact the case – that was taken when The Droptines signed with Miranda Lambert’s Big Loud Texas and features from […]

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Track Premiere: Dar Williams “Tu Sais Le Printemps”

August 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

Dar Williams needs no introduction here, a consummate songwriter with a slew of critically acclaimed albums behind her and the new album “Hummingbird Highway” ahead of her. Williams’ 13th album is out September 12th on Righteous […]

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Track Premiere: Sara Rachele “I Can’t Relate to You”

August 1, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been a few years since we last featured Sara Rachele. We hear she’s spent some time teaching but is now getting back into recording some new music. Both things are good news in their own […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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I’m With Her “Standing On The Fault Line” – is now the time to leave?

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Continuing our new theme of Big Names that matter – and this time it’s I’m With Her who are tapping into something of a Crosby-Nash vibe on their new song ‘Standing On The Fault Line‘ which […]

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Chance Emerson “The Raspberry Men” (Independent, 2020)

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An eighteen year old Taiwanese American fellow, with millions of Spotify hits for his debut E.P., now drops his debut nine-track long-player. For our older readers I’ll explain what ‘Spotify’ and ‘Spotify hits’ are later on. […]

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