Columns
What should I do, Americana UK?
In these new times of austerity an advice column can’t afford to be overly picky – sure we’d like to spend all of our time knitting back together the sinews of a broken heart or wrestling […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Dave Alvin “Highway 61 Revisited” – Listen
A great version of a great song. Taken from Dave Alvin’s new album ‘From An Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings‘, this is a recording that first appeared way back on an Uncut cover disc (‘Highway […]
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Sweet Roger “Pay Me” – Listen
Inspiration can come from anywhere. For Sweet Roger it was a combination of a early-country blues listening kick and the chance find of a photograph at a Los Angeles flea market. The picture showed a man […]
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M. Ward “You’ve Changed” – Listen
‘You’ve Changed’ is the first song released from M.Ward’s upcoming album ‘Think of Spring’, which will be released on ANTI- on December 13th. It’s an album of covers of songs recorded by Billie Holiday. The album […]
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Adam Lee “I Am A Coward” – Listen
We’re really hoping that by now the demeaning spectacle of the American Presidential election result will have been resolved. We’ll see. Why mention this, though ? Well – Adam Lee put his new song out on […]