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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?
Tracks

Jim Basnight “Laser Love” – Listen

November 20, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Jim Basnight – of the Moberlys, The Jim Basnight Thing, and  The Rockinghams – has a new album out entitled ‘Jokers, Idols and Misfits.‘   It’s an album of covers that reveal where Jim Basnight has come […]
Tracks

Natalie D-Napoleon “Thunder Rumour” – Listen

November 19, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Basically the deal with the Tracks section is that we’re aiming to bring you a song that’ll mark your day, and hopefully much longer.  It’s a hit-and-miss strategy but today we’re willing to gamble the Xmas […]
Tracks

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 […]
Tracks

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 […]
Album Reviews

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 […]

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Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

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Album art for Chris Murphy "Songs From the Trees"

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

Album Reviews
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Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

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The Song Remains: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

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Tracks

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]
Album art for Chris Murphy "Songs From the Trees"
Album Reviews

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0
A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

August 28, 2026 1
On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]

  • Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”
  • Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”
  • Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975
  • The Song Remains: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)
  • Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash
  • Iron & Wine announces “Hen’s Teeth (Deluxe edition)”
  • Damien Dempsey “Holywell”
  • The latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring MMJ’s Jim James on being Wowed Out
  • Video: Prinz Grizzley “Put Me Down (A Foreign Man)” – a paradise of peace and quiet
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Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 0
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Live Reviews

Erin Rae And The Meanwhiles, Green Note, London, 20th July 2017

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Raised in Jackson Tennessee Erin Rae has recently been Nashville’s popular choice for backing vocals and harmony work working with the likes of Margo Price and Andrew Combs. Her debut album Soon Enough saw her take […]
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Album Reviews

Tommy and The Ohs “Mariposa Gold”

May 31, 2022 0
Fevered California desert tripping, pictured from the darkest, stickiest Tennessee swamp. Cosmic Country? Psychedelic Americana? West Coast Indie? Electric Swamp Rock (I might have just made that genre up)? Still, whichever peg Tommy and The Ohs […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Jason Isbell “The Life You Chose”

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Trying to choose a favourite out of the almost faultless catalogue of songs Jason Isbell has put out feels like a daunting, nigh impossible, task, but it dawned on me just recently as I was enjoying […]

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