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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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Carrie Clark & The Lonesome Lovers “Heroes And Heartbreakers” – We don’t need a Prince to save us

June 29, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
On this song from Carrie Clark’s new album ‘Split at the Seams‘ (which was released last Friday) the roots rocking suggestion is that it’s time to do away with fairy tales and instead take a bolder […]
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Yonder Boys “Look At What You Done” – multinational acid bluegrass

June 29, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Just to be clear this is not a cover of Slade’s ‘Look What You Dun‘ (we’re still waiting for the bluegrass version of that), it’s a brand new song from Yonder Boys taken from their album […]
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Eugene Tyler Band “Useless Old Names” – live bluegrass goodness

June 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
The Eugene Tyler Band are a bluegrass power trio (honest, that’s what it says here) – and despite the image on the track link below they certainly incorporate banjo in their sound.  Take a listen to […]
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Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside “Far Away The Hills Are Green” – Listen

June 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
The second – and last for 2021 – single from Laura Quirke (of Lemoncello) and Joshua Burnside is a fragile semi-asleep reflection of a song.  It takes, says Joshua Burnside, the viewpoint of a young Irish […]
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Alejandro Escovedo “Algo Azul” – escuchar!

June 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Algo Azul‘ is taken from Escovedo’s album ‘La Cruzada; which is released on August 27th, via Yep Roc.  It might sound somewhat familiar – it’s the Spanish language edition of the 2018 album ‘The Crossing‘, it […]

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Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]
Leah Blevins
Live Reviews

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0
Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]
Album Reviews

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0
Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
  • Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
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Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

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Hmmmm. This is a short EP that gives a taster of the the acoustic guitar-based duo MYATB (Me You & The Boy). Essentially it sounds as if the duo have taken their busking exploits into a […]
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Philip B. Price “Bone Almanac” (Signature Sound Recordings, 2019)

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A winter release seems particularly appropriate for this solo album from Winterpills frontman Philip B. Price. ‘Bone Almanac’ is a chilling and haunting work that’s frequently bleak, given that much of it addresses very current concerns, such […]
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Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Stanford Hall, Lutterworth – 22nd-24th August 2025

September 25, 2025 0
My preview of a couple of weeks back noted that the Long Road Festival is an annual fixture in my diary, and this year‘s line-up promised much. The festival now boasts six stages – adding the […]

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