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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?
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Terra Lightfoot “Paper Thin Walls” – Listen

August 17, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Paper Thin Walls’ is the new single from Terra Lightfoot’s upcoming studio album ‘Consider the Speed’ which will hit the streets on October 16th, on Sonic Unyon Records.  It’s the first new studio recordings from Lightfoot […]
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Track Premiere: VanWyck “Your Favourite Tune”

August 17, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s song premiere comes from Amsterdam, with VanWyck’s first single from her upcoming album ‘God is in the Detour‘.  It is an album that has come to be through the pandemic, with the time to pull […]
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Jimmy Webb “Dorothy Chandler Blues” – Listen

August 14, 2020 Jonathan Aird 2
A little bonus Track to end the week with.  Jimmy Webb is probably best known for his collaboration with Glen Campbell, and songs like ‘Galvaston‘ and ‘Wichita Linesman‘.  Naturally he also had a solo singer-songwriter career, […]
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Bert Wills “The Storm” – Listen

August 14, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Kentucky born, Texas living singer Bert Wills brings us a history lesson to finish our week.  On ‘The Storm‘ Bert Wills capture a steady beat of anticipation leading up to a description of the great hurricane […]
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What should I do, Americana UK?

August 13, 2020 Jonathan Aird 2
And today we have a problem not of the heart, not even an angst twisted issued drawn from the human condition. Our enquirer today, the near meteorologically named Mr Fogerty has a singular concern which is […]

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True Foxes, the cousins from Cornwall, Amie Parsons on vocals and guitar and Chloe Payne on vocals and bass, were on top form at the FortyFive Vinyl Café in York. Since forming in 2019, True Foxes […]
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Live Review: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Guthrie Green, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 29th April 2026

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