Jonathan Aird

Track Premiere: Lake And Lyndale “Worth Saving”

May 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Starting in Minnesota, the quartet that make up Lake & Lyndale (that’s singer Channing Marie, guitarist Jonathan Krentz, bassist Eric Clifford, and drummer Tyler Kloewer) had made the move to Nashville a few years ago – […]

Eli “paperboy” Reed “To Be Alone With You” – Listen, it’s a birthday gift to Bob

May 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Bob Dylan has just turned 80, and that’s kind of important. Important enough for all sorts of people to tip their hat and record a cover of one of his songs. This little number is from […]

Track Premiere: Joana Serrat “Demons”

May 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Demons‘ is the last single to be released prior to the arrival of Joana Serrat’s new album ‘Hardcore From The Heart’ comes out on June 11th. It is Serrat’s fifth album, and for the recording she travelled from […]

On his 80th birthday – Bob Dylan has a song for you

May 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 2

The thing is that there is really no such thing as a bad Bob Dylan studio album. You disagree? Well, you’re entitled to your opinion but for an album to be truly bad then there has […]

Gawain And The Green Knight “Fingers” – Listen

May 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Gawain and the Green Knight are a literary folk duo of Alexia Antoniou and Mike O’Malley, whose stage act (as far as we know) does not include challenging the pure of heart to a little game […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Track Premiere: Lake And Lyndale “Worth Saving”

Eli “paperboy” Reed “To Be Alone With You” – Listen, it’s a birthday gift to Bob

Track Premiere: Joana Serrat “Demons”

On his 80th birthday – Bob Dylan has a song for you

Gawain And The Green Knight “Fingers” – Listen

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