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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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Kashena Sampson “Rearview Mirror” – mirror, signal, manouevre

July 31, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The new album from Kashena Sampson “Ghost Of Me” sees the powerhouse country singer taking a new direction, moving into something of a Fleetwood Mac territory.  It’s something that Sampson wanted to do – as she […]

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Murry Hammond “Drying Tear” – recording in a whirlwind

July 30, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

From that opening whistle, it’s clear that Murry Hammond has got something somewhat different going on, and as ‘Drying Tear‘ expands, it’ll become clear that what we’re doing is following Lee Hazlewood’s footprints through the dust. […]

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Live Review: Ann Liu Cannon + Esme White, The Lexington, London – 11th July 2025

July 29, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

So, here we are in The Lexington with a stage decorated with tarot cards and naïve art angel dolls, and with Ann Liu Cannon who is no mean keyboard and guitar player,  who writes literate and […]

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Tift Merritt “Last Day I Knew What To Do”

July 28, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

We have a fine treat for you, dear readers, on this Monday morning – we’re sure you know that “Tambourine” is getting a reissue, but what you may not be aware of is that there are […]

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Anna Tivel “White Goose” – lost, lost, never to return

July 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘White Goose‘ is a meditation on things that are gone and is shot through with regret.  Mistakes and regrets and not only for the tangible things “the ghost of everything we loved and everything we didn’t […]

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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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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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