Jonathan Aird

Track Premiere: Gypsy Outfit “Pyromaniac”

June 3, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Gypsy Outfit made use of a pile of vintage equipment to record their new album which carries the suitably retro title of ‘1969‘. Gypsy Outfit are guitarist/vocalist and primary songwriter, Brandon Maddox and vocalist/violinist Kate Lovely. […]

Judy Collins and a Global Choir to fund the WHO

June 3, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s one of her most iconic recordings – ‘Amazing Grace‘ – and Judy Collins has been inspired to put her voice – and the voices of thousands of others making up a “virtual choir” – to […]

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn “Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2020)

June 1, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Abagail Washburn doesn’t leave all the banjo experimentation to her husband Bela Fleck, who has produced this new album. Where Bela has been looking across the Atlantic to the banjo’s origins in Africa, Abigail Washburn has […]

Track Premiere: Margaret Chavez “I Virgo”

June 1, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Crunching guitars usher in ‘I Virgo‘ before it is set free and launched into a stratospheric piercing blend of folk and rock and reverb heavy Cosmic American Music – Phosphorescent is in there, Mercury Rev and […]

The Sea The Sea “Parachute” – Listen

May 29, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Upstate New York is where the beautifully tuneful The Sea The Sea keep their stash of exquisite harmonies, one of which we have managed to prise from their hoard to share with you today. ‘Parachute‘ is […]

The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

July 8, 2026 0

Those of you familiar with us will know that we are a website based in the People’s Republic of Liverpool and so we’re always happy to feature music on our wavelength from around these parts […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

July 8, 2026 0

With nearly two decades of songwriting under his belt, Clayton Chaney feels more connected than ever to his craft, offering some incredibly heartfelt, pensive, and witty songs grounded in real human experience. “I try to keep […]

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 […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Track Premiere: Gypsy Outfit “Pyromaniac”

Judy Collins and a Global Choir to fund the WHO

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn “Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2020)

Track Premiere: Margaret Chavez “I Virgo”

The Sea The Sea “Parachute” – Listen

The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

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