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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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Steve Grozier “Memories” – Listen

March 4, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s a few years now since this Deputy Editor and the Editor caught Steve Grozier’s set in the tiny upstairs bar at Moth Club during AmericanaFest 2018.  Just a man and a guitar and a clutch […]
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Chloe Foy “Left Centred Weight” – Listen

March 3, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s more than a year since Chloe Foy graced the Paper Dress Vintage stage as part of AmericanaFest 2020, with promises of gigs to come and an exciting year planned.  Well, it was an exciting year […]
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iskwē “Night Dangers” – Listen

March 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall, we’re sure, that we featured iskwē back in December on a duet with Tom Wilson.  Yeah, that was a groovy tune well here’s some of iskwē’s solo music which is nothing short of gripping […]
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Jaspar Lepak “Ever Gonna Fly” – Listen

March 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Jaspar Lepak has kept busy through lockdowns, the folk/Americana singer has taken up banjo and embroidery classes on Zoom, she also is an avid reader.  That last is intimately tied up with her music as Jaspar […]
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Track Premiere: Kurt Deemer Band “Rain”

March 1, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
The new release by the Kurt Deemer Band is unlike most Covid albums you may have heard, predominantly becuase the “band” part has not been tuned down at all.  Not that we’ve anything against scratchy guitar […]

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Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”

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Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

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Video Premiere: Visions Of Albion “In The Past”

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

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Live Reviews

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

July 6, 2026 0
Midway through the European leg of her Heavy Petal tour, Sierra Ferrell and touring company found themselves at the Docks venue in Hamburg, right in the heart of the Reeperbahn. Originally the gig had been located […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”

July 6, 2026 0
Yesterday I spent five hours negotiating queues as I transported punters to the practice day of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. It was hot and dull and made doubly difficult by the entitled behaviour of […]
Tracks

Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

July 6, 2026 0
A Light To Come Home To is the shining opening song on the new album, Vandals, Thieves & Lovers, from Lisa Bouchelle, and it features two special contributors, with Amanda Shires on violin and Larry Campbell […]

  • Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”
  • Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell
  • Video Premiere: Visions Of Albion “In The Past”
  • 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
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  • Ross: Wow. Might be my post Maverick comedown, but that really got me. (Molotov the best song on that album though)
  • Jonathan Aird: No worries - it's a great performance, isn't it?
  • Jonathan Aird: Glad you liked it - wish I'd been able to make her London debut: https://americana-uk.com/live-review-maisy-owen-with-bj-cole-joe-harvey-whyte-theatreship-london-23rd-june-2026

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Interviews

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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Videos

Video: Lucy Rose “Treat Me Like A Woman”

March 21, 2019 0
Lucy Rose’s new album ‘No Words Left’ is released tomorrow and this powerful and anguished song taken from it is superb.  She’s doing some in-stores this week and touring in April too.
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Howie Payne “Some Weekend Night” – Listen

May 12, 2017 0
Former Stands frontman Howie Payne has lifted this new version of ‘Some Weekend Night’ from the forthcoming boxset ‘The Stands Recordings 2003-2005’, due for release June 23rd on limited edition vinyl. The serious Ennio Morricone guitar […]
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Forgotten Artists – Cowboy

August 24, 2020 2
It’s time for another article in our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series and, this time, Clint West is back to remind us about Southern Country Rockers, Cowboy.

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