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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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Joe Stamm Band “Midwest Town” – looking for directions in a 2-lane town

July 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Midwest Town‘ is the title track to the Joe Stamm Band’s second album, a collection of songs that relate to Stamm’s world of the so-called flyover states.  Turns out that the small towns have as many […]
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New Bootleg Series release from Dylan

July 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 2
This news hit at the end of the week – so why so long for us to pass it on to you, dear reader? Could it be that it slipped the Deputy Editors’ mind because he […]
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Ryan Hamilton “Big Man” – previously unrecorded Chuck prophet song

July 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
What’s not to like?  Ryan Hamilton has a solid rock and roll C.V. and Chuck Prophet writes great songs  – and this is a perfect example.  All the more surprising then that it hasn’t been recorded […]
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Track Premiere: Danny George Wilson “Can You Feel Me?”

July 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Opening with a cheeky reference to Carly Simon’s biggest hit, Danny George Wilson’s latest single ‘Can You Feel Me?” is at once the expected rocking Americana – almost Neil Youngish in Harvest/Harvest Moon mode, and at […]
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Mamma’s Marmalade “Evangaline” – All sweet, no bitter aftertaste

July 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Mamma’s Marmalade are a bluegrass band from New England, who have a new album ‘Rabbit Analog‘ out on August 21st.  The band came together piece by piece through college – lead singer and fiddle player Lilly […]

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Accessible soulful heartfelt Rust Belt americana that demands attention from needle drop to run-out groove. Raise high the red, white, and blue swallowtail of the Ohio burgee (the only non-rectangular state flag in the union); you’re […]

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