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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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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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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 – […]
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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 […]

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Fairport Convention
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Fairport Convention announce extensive 2026 Autumn tour

August 27, 2026 0
Following four weeks on the road for their packed Spring 2026 Tour, Fairport Convention have announced an Autumn 2026 Tour, ahead of a very special Diamond Anniversary celebrating the band’s formation. This year’s Autumn Tour is […]
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Mr Plow “At One With Nature”

August 27, 2026 1
Mr Plow return with a magnificent gothic adventure from the heart of Leicestershire. Mr Plow may hail from Leicestershire, but the heart of their music is steeped in gothic New Orleans with a pinch- no, a ladle […]
Dawn Landes at The Golden Hinde August 2026
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Live Review: Dawn Landes at The Golden Hinde, Bankside, London – 17th August 2026

August 27, 2026 0
At the end of a short European tour, appearing at Festivals and supporting Bonnie Prince Billy, Dawn Landes entertained us below deck on the Golden Hinde (a reproduction ship, sitting in dry dock behind Southwark Cathedral) […]

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  • Mr Plow “At One With Nature”
  • Live Review: Dawn Landes at The Golden Hinde, Bankside, London – 17th August 2026
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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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Lord Huron “Long Lost” – Listen

April 19, 2021 0
The title track from Lord Huron’s upcoming new album – out May 21st – has a singing cowboy lopping along some lonesome  mountain trail on his trusty palomino feel to it.  All big strings and cinematic […]
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Layng Martine Jr. “Music Man”

May 22, 2023 0
Star-studded debut, 60 years in the coming. Some debut records emerge blinking into the daylight without so much as a by-your-leave. There is no build-up, no genealogy, no backstory even. They seem to appear as fully […]
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Trevor Beld Jimenez “I Like It Here” (Curation Records, 2020)

December 22, 2020 0
Trevor Beld Jimenez appears more firmly rooted in a specific time and place than most. ‘I Like It Here’ is his debut solo album. The mission statement for this release seems clear, to create a classic […]

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