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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?
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The Long Ryders “Down To The Well” – Listen

September 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
It’s been going on for months, but at last we’re getting the Covid-19 reward we deserve – yes, a lockdown era new release from those rock and roll gods The Long Ryders.  A new single, of […]
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Track Premiere: Jake Winstrom “What’s the Over/Under”

September 4, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Jangly guitar power pop is the first connection for Jake  Winstrom who’s new single ‘What’s the Over / Under‘ we’re premiering today here at Americana UK.   It’s a song equating luck in love with the ability […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]

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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

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George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”

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JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album

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More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches

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Matt Jones and the Bobs “Matt Jones and the Bobs”

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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 0
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Album Reviews

George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”

July 7, 2026 0
An old-styled folk protest album from two past masters of the genre which skewers the current administration with acerbic lyrics. This is George Mann and Si Kahn’s second album working together following the release of Labor […]
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JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album

July 7, 2026 0
JP Harris, known across the americana world as a craftsman of outlaw country and old-time music, has announced his sixth full-length album. Shaving A Dead Man, produced by and featuring GRAMMY-winning musician Chance McCoy (Old Crow […]

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  • George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”
  • JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album
  • More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches
  • Matt Jones and the Bobs “Matt Jones and the Bobs”
  • Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet
  • Video: Ryan Bingham “Let the Big Dog Eat” ft. The Texas Gentlemen
  • 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
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  • Dietmar Leibecke: Aww, thanks, friends! You are just too polite <3
  • Martin Johnson: Thanks, Mike. You are right, Dietmar is one of the good ones and deserves everyone's support.
  • Mike Ritchie: Really good interview, thank you. I previewed the festival on my radio show and said that Dietmar puts his heart…

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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 0
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
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 […]
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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The Living Street “It Won’t Last” (Independent 2019)

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If you only heard ‘Home On The Road’ the first track off The Living Street’s second album ‘It Won’t Last’ you might think you were about to hear the last great summer album of the year […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: Jay Farrar “Station to Station”

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Being an americana site we have to mention our own version of the Oasis vs Blur war, Son Volt vs Wilco (admittedly not quite the same war as Oasis and Blur were never in the same […]
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Interview: Christopher Rees

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A delayed train meant I had a moment to use the ‘library’ on the platform provided by WH Smiths, and a rapid peruse of Uncut Magazine, in which I stumbled across a review of ‘The Nashville […]

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