Jonathan Aird

Dead Rock West “Revolution In The Garden” – Listen

November 18, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Dead Rock West, The LA rock band led by vocalist Cindy Wasserman and singer-guitarist Frank Lee Drennen, had a new single out before the recent Presidential election. It’s a gutsy demand for change, questioning why money […]

Track Premiere: Silverback Colony “I Want More”

November 18, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Silverback Colony are a loose musical collective made up of members from a number of bands gathered around guitarist Gabriel Douglas. From a humble start as a rough and ready jam band in a North American […]

Garcia Peoples “Nightcap At Wits’ End” (Beyond Beyond is Beyond, 2020)

November 17, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Garcia Peoples return after the epic freak-out of ‘One Step Behind‘, which featured an extended piece playing out at over thirty minutes, with an album of a dozen songs of a more conventional length. It cements […]

Eve Adams “You’re Not Wrong” – Listen

November 17, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Wistful is the word that comes to mind as Eve Adams sings the melancholic ‘You’re Not Wrong.‘ It’s a song that’s shot through with a retro-feel, this time the “old times” being resurrected are an imagined […]

Steve Forbert to release his second album this year

November 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Having released an album of covers of favourite songs, Steve Forbert returns this Fall with a live album. Not just any old live album either – this is a celebration of ‘Jackrabbit Slim‘ which emerged blinking […]

Danny O;Keefe at Cosumer Unity conference 1981

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

July 6, 2026 0

Danny O’Keefe was one of the many folk-oriented singer-songwriters who flourished in the early ’70s, and while he didn’t break through to platinum success, his songs were covered by the likes of Jackson Browne, Elvis Presley, […]

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

July 6, 2026 0

Forgotten recordings from 20 years ago, which will delight Crowell fans. Then Again was recorded in 2006 with the same band as on Rodney Crowell’s previous three albums, The Houston Kid (2001), Fate’s Right Hand (2003) […]

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0

Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Dead Rock West “Revolution In The Garden” – Listen

Track Premiere: Silverback Colony “I Want More”

Garcia Peoples “Nightcap At Wits’ End” (Beyond Beyond is Beyond, 2020)

Eve Adams “You’re Not Wrong” – Listen

Steve Forbert to release his second album this year

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

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

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