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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?
Columns

What should I do, Americana UK?

September 3, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Following on from last time’s meteorological issue we found that the floodgates had been opened to the physical sciences.  Today we find that Canadian Joni Mitchell has a problem that could be regarded as a combination […]

Tracks

Frank Turner “Falling In Love” – Listen

September 3, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The album is ‘West Coast vs Wessex’ and the concept is fairly simple – it’s a split covers album with NOFX covering five of Frank’s songs, and Mr Turner returning the compliment with covers of five […]

Tracks

The Sea The Sea “A Thousand Years” – Listen

September 2, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The Sea The Sea have, here, a gentle song extolling the rewards of patience: “We’ve been waiting, putting all our pennies in a jar” sings Chuck Costa, before the song broadens as Mira Costa, the other […]

Album Reviews

Kate Rusby “Hand Me Down” (Pure Records, 2020)

September 2, 2020 Jonathan Aird 4

Kate Rusby became known predominantly as one of the “exciting young voices of folk“, some twenty five or so years back and now has a string of well received albums to her name, has duetted with […]

Tracks

Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts “Jesus & John Lennon” – Listen

September 2, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts have a new album ‘Nowhere To Go But Everywhere‘ out on September 18th. It’s inspired but travels across the USA, and features some special artwork, as Ryan Hamilton explains “I […]

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Something for the weekend: Jesse Welles and Joan Baez “No Kings”

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Album cover artwork for "One Hell Of A Ride" by The Ripples.

The Ripples “One Hell of a Ride”

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Classic Clips: Lucinda Williams “A Song For You” – Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, 2004

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Iron and Wine announce their eighth album for February – it’s a rare thing!

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Our new supporters playlist comes out today with a double giveaway – win tickets to see BEATrio and Transatlantic Sessions live

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  • Something for the weekend: Jesse Welles and Joan Baez “No Kings”
  • The Ripples “One Hell of a Ride”
  • Classic Clips: Lucinda Williams “A Song For You” – Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, 2004
  • Iron and Wine announce their eighth album for February – it’s a rare thing!
  • Our new supporters playlist comes out today with a double giveaway – win tickets to see BEATrio and Transatlantic Sessions live
  • Americana UK’s first podcast of 2026 is here!
  • Amigo The Devil “New Kind Of Lonely” – well, probably things can get better
  • Video Premiere: The Makers Out “Holy Water”
  • The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: John Lee
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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

Interviews

Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

Interviews

Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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