Jonathan Aird

Benjamin Miller “Try To Think” – Listen

March 23, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Benjamin Miller is best known as the singer with Minneapolis’ The Federales, but he’s been keeping busy during the last year with a couple of side-projects. First there was The Looneys (we featured them in December) […]

Julien Baker “Heatwave” – Listen

March 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Julien Baker’s latest single, the third from her new album ‘Little Oblivions‘, is a meditation on, well, not sweating the small stuff. Not a quiet meditation, more one that gets thrummed out on an impatient steering […]

Quarterman “(That Old Chinese Takeaway Called) Happiness” – Listen

March 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Quarterman is the name for the solo project of Man The Lifeboats’ lead singer and songwriter Richard James Quarterman. He’s recorded an album called ‘Carondelet‘ which is out on March 26th. The album was recorded in […]

Jesse Marchant “Go Lightly” – Listen

March 19, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

This new single from Jesse Marchant is available from today, and is taken from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer’s new album ‘Antelope Running.’ ‘Go Lightly’ is a strikingly crystalline construction, the piano breathing […]

June Star “Seven Pieces” – Listen

March 18, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

June Star goes under the name Andrew Grimm in the real, and he’s a mightily productive practitioner of Americana music. ‘Seven Pieces‘ is taken off his upcoming album ‘How We See it Now,’ which is due […]

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 […]

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

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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