Jonathan Aird

Scenic Route to Alaska “Polarized” – Listen

October 19, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The funny thing is that Scenic Route to Alaska don’t have the issues you might think of when listening to their new song ‘Polarized‘. That upcoming election – it’s a problem for their neighbours to the […]

Track Premiere: James Houlahan “Tomorrow’s Had Enough Of Me”

October 19, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Some songs – they get to you from the first listen. Sometimes its a hard rocking punch that lifts and energises and informs and sometimes its the capture of an emotion so familiar it is as […]

Video Premiere: Arborist “The Mountain Will Come To You”

October 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The plan had been to re-record two songs for a double A-side single – with a string accompaniment making them sound significantly different. And then, like everyone else, Mark McCambridge (a.k.a Arborist) found that Covid had […]

Track Premiere: Andrew Weiss & Friends “Six Ways To Sunday”

October 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Long Island native Andrew Weiss approached the Covid lockdown with an album, ‘The Golden Age of Love & Chemistry‘, all ready to go and found in this a sense of dread. Getting into a recording studio […]

What should I do, Americana UK?

October 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

It was hardly a normal start to a musical enquiry such as we are accustomed (now) to address in this feature. It was a very worried looking Willie Nelson who burst through the door to the […]

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 […]

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

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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 […]

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