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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?
Live Reviews

Laurel Canyon Night at AmericanaFest 2020, Paper Dress Vintage, London, 29th January 2020

June 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Remember those January nights drifting from one venue to another crammed venue? Glorious Hackney alive with music and good feelings.  Seems like another world now, but it was really only a few short months ago.  Of […]
Tracks

Julian Taylor “Ballad Of A Young Troubadour” – Listen

June 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
When we featured his song ‘The Ridge‘ back in April I think it’s fair to say we were pretty impressed – and here we are again with his latest single ‘Ballad of a Young Troubadour‘ and […]
Tracks

Jenny O. “Even If I Tried” – Listen

June 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Jenny O. has released a new song every two weeks since announcing her third full-length record ‘New Truth‘ and her signing to Mama Bird Recording Co.  ‘Even if I Tried‘ has a fuzzy psychedelic feel to […]
Tracks

Nilsson “Jump Into The Fire” – Listen

June 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
This is how you do it – if you’re a more than talented songwriter with a fantastic vocal range, and a mastery of the subtlety of phrasing. And you happen to have Klaus Voorman, Jimmy Webb, […]
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Mary Chapin Carpenter has a new album

June 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Her first new release since 2018, ‘The Dirt and The Stars‘ is the upcoming album from Mary Chapin Carpenter – it’ll hit all good music vendors on August 7th and is released through Lambent Light Records […]

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CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”

Album Reviews
July 8, 2026 0

Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026

Live Reviews
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Ferris & Sylvester “Jealous” – go green, my hulk

Tracks
July 8, 2026 0

Video: Pokey LaFarge “The Thing” – I can’t get no satisfaction

Videos
July 8, 2026 0

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

Interviews
July 7, 2026 1
Album Reviews

CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”

July 8, 2026 0
Highly accomplished album for fans of Wilco and the like. You have to hand it to Chris “CR” Gennone when it comes to naming his bands; consistency is at the fore. He loves the moniker CR […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026

July 8, 2026 0
State Fayre arrived in Essex beneath blazing sunshine and cloudless skies, three days of unrelenting heat that somehow seemed perfectly suited to a festival built around americana, country, roots and classic rock. From the moment the […]
Tracks

Ferris & Sylvester “Jealous” – go green, my hulk

July 8, 2026 0
What’s this then, Issy Ferris is pining to inspire jealousy? That does seem to be the main thrust of the latest single from the latest album, It’s A Joy To Be Alive, set to be released […]

  • CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”
  • Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026
  • Ferris & Sylvester “Jealous” – go green, my hulk
  • Video: Pokey LaFarge “The Thing” – I can’t get no satisfaction
  • Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations
  • 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
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Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
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 […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Regular readers of Americana UK will know a key part of the site’s ethos is to bring new artists to the attention of our readers. This interview with Elvis Perkins continues that tradition, even though he […]
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Track Premiere: Matthew Thomas “The Waiting Room”

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The mystery of Michael Hurley. A survivor of the Greenwich Village folk scene who’s ploughed his own unique furrow of pastoral, homespun folk-country blues, long before he was heralded by the freak-folk scene who made an […]

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