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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?
Album Reviews

Nathaniel Bellows “Three”

December 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Emotionally draining it may be, but ‘Three’ is a trip worth taking Of course, this is Nathaniel Bellows’ third album, but there is not such a lack of imagination in the title.  Three also represents the […]
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Steve Earle “Christmas In Washington” – Listen

December 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
Well, the end of another year and time to look forward to Christmas and a New Year.  It can, after all, hardly be worse than 2020.  We hope.  So, let’s embrace unbridled optimism with Steve Earle’s […]
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Esther Rose “Keep Me Running” – Listen

December 23, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s a gorgeous song from Esther Rose today – the New Orleans-based singer, songwriter and musician has a recent album ‘You made it this Far‘ out and has also announced that she has signed to Full […]
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Cum on feel the Noiz – Jon Aird’s Review of 2020

December 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
  It goes without saying that this has been a terrible year in many ways – trade you a pandemic against the bizarre play out of politics in the USA. And then conflate them – now […]
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The Looneys “Days Crawl By” – Listen

December 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
It seems iniquitous to single out one band member of The Looneys for the  header shot (that’s Chris Holm by the way), but they don’t have a band photograph.  For the very good reason that they […]

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Hannah Cohen to tour Europe UK in August and releases new single

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Catskills-based singer/songwriter Hannah Cohen has announced a series of tour dates in the Nordic countries and the UK in August 2026. Cohen has also unveiled her first new music since her album Earthstar Mountain that was […]
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Live Review: Truman Sinclair + May Payne, The George Tavern, Stepney, London – 28th April 2026

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Travelling from London’s centre, the “Lizzy line” as it is colloquially known, takes you to Whitechapel in the East End in under eight minutes. Unless you make a pitstop at The Blind Beggar, the scene of […]
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India Ramey “Villain Era”

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The Wednesday Adams of country music serves up a treat. Fifty-one years after Loretta Lynn shocked Nashville by releasing The Pill, her spirit is alive and well in the form of India Ramey. Her fifth studio […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Andrew Browning & The 9 Pound Hammer “The Midnight Desert Talk Radio”

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A fine album of outlaw country from a complex character and his diverse band of musicians and backing singers. ‘The Midnight Desert Talk Radio’ (great title by the way) is the second album from Andrew Browning […]
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The Barley Jacks “I’ve Just Seen A Face” – Bluegrassed Beatles

November 11, 2021 1
Of course it’s the Beatles song, but here it has been fully bluegrassed.   It’s got more than just the obvious connection to the UK though as Brian Wicklund of The Barley Jacks told us “On a […]
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Glasgow’s annual celebration of roots and traditional music from around the globe opens for business this Thursday and then proceeds for the next three weeks with over 300 events scheduled to take place. Always a highlight […]

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