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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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Track Premiere: Mabilene “How Glad I Am”

November 3, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
With a household full of the Country and Top 40 music of her parents, Houston raised Mabilene grew up with the Trio (Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris) in one ear and ‘Born to Run‘ […]
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Track Premiere: Lee Street Lyrical “Arkansas”

November 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Lee Street Lyrical are a duo of Buddy Case and Casey Penn, who are preparing for the release of their debut album ‘Waiting In The Wings‘ from which today’s Track Premiere is taken.  It’s a song, […]
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Jon Danforth “Sadie Willow Lane” – touching the other side…

November 1, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Fully sated from a feast of popcorn, scary movies and a bucketful of candy?  What is it with candy?  With our UK hat on we’ve got to say that sounds like butterscotch and peppermints, which, nice […]
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Toria Wooff “James Edward” shy, diffident, and trustworthy?

October 29, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Toria Wooff’s new single ‘James Edward‘ has a resolutely Seventies feel to it –  but woozy folk-country songs are not the only string to Toria Woof’s bow as the Lancashire based musician is also a painter, […]
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Mason Via “Colarado” – Westward bound

October 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Mason Via is the latest recruit to Old Crow Medicine Show, he’s also recently made his Grand Ole Opry debut with the band and was a Top 40 finalist on American Idol.  Obviously someone with time […]

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Album Reviews

Two Runner “Porchlight”

August 27, 2026 0
Old-time instruments meet new-world issues. Two Runner is the musical nom de plume of Paige Anderson (although until this record, the band had been a long-term collaborative relationship with fiddler Emilie Rose). Anderson has now taken […]
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Vox Continental: August 2026

August 27, 2026 0
Winter is Coming! This is a fascinating time in mainland Europe, with summer scheduled to come to an abrupt stop on the 31st August, regardless of what the weather might be. Holidays are over and everyone […]
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Album Reviews

The Jayhawks “Sanctuary Park”

August 27, 2026 0
Gary Louris celebrates love and the past on Jayhawks’ latest. Forty years on from their debut, a quarter century from the release of Smile and 6 years after their last record XOXO, The Jayhawks return with […]

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  • Vox Continental: August 2026
  • The Jayhawks “Sanctuary Park”
  • Video: Oh Pray Tell “Poor Black Woman Blues”
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Okkervil River
  • Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival
  • Dusty Wright “Maximus Americanus”
  • Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge – 1st-2nd August 2026
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  • Arborist returns with fourth album “Looking For Love” in the autumn
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  • Tris Robinson: What a brilliant version of this song. I will check out the band on the strength of this. Thanks
  • Terry Beers: Great interview of a great girl who shares her thoughts so authentically. Love her music!!!
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan, glad you enjoyed this month's EP Round-Up. As you say, plenty of good stuff, but particularly Monte Warden…

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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]

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