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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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Sway Wild “To The Loons” – Listen

May 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Mandy Fer and Dave McGraw decided to change their duo name to Sway Wild and produced their debut release under that name in 2019.  It was a star-studded release with the likes of Allison Russel and […]
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Doctor Lo “Claiborne Avenue” – Listen, and take care

May 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Possibly one of the last of the pandemic songs (we hope) – ‘Claibone Avenue‘ wanders around New Orleans, the city that Doctor Lo has called home for a decade.  And everything has changed – the drunks […]
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Dusty Wright “Tree Of Life” – Listen to the rumbling rock

May 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
We featured Dusty Wright a few weeks ago with his cover of a song from The Dead, and here he is again with a song about Life.  The ‘Tree of Life‘ is on one part an […]
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Track Premiere: Michael Gay “Sleeper Cab”

May 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
With a rolling early rock and roll feel Michael Gay captures a certain spirit of travel across the States, endless roads rolling by.  ‘Sleeper Cab‘ plays straight into the mythology of the road, “traffic’s going slow, […]
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The Good Lovelies “Life On The Road” – Listen

May 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Canada’s The Good Lovelies have a new release – a three song EP called ‘B-Sides‘.  The thing is though, that these are not rare B-Sides gathered together, they’re songs that didn’t quite manage to sneak onto […]

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

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

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

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Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

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Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album

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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
  • Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975
  • Fruit Bats “The Landfill”
  • Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”
  • Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions
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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 […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Anna Tivel announces new album

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Anna Tivel is quite simply one of the finest singer-songwriters currently active on the Americana scene, or the folk scene, or any other god damn scene you might like to mention.  Anna Tivel is it – […]
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Frazey Ford “U Kin B The Sun” (Arts & Crafts, 2020)

February 28, 2020 0
After starting out with the retro folk band the Be Good Tanyas, for her third solo album since 2010, Vancouver-based artist Frazey Ford has all but completely eliminated the Americana influences that permeated her previous two […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Grace Morrison “Small Town Lament”

August 2, 2021 0
We are pleased to share the video premiere of ‘Small Town Lament’ from Grace Morrison.  It’s a restless song with a restless theme: the character Morrison inhabits is seeking something more meaningful and less claustrophobic than […]

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