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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 Commoners “Just Watch Me” – Rockin’ Free

November 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Canadian roots rockers The Commoners are finding themselves a second home on this side of the Atlantic, as they’ve released this song in advance of their sixth tour of the UK. You’ll recall that they toured […]
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Erik Vincent Huey “Ghosts Of The Chelsea Hotel” – why’d ya go?

November 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Erik Vincent Huey has a few musical personas, including being the frontman of The Surreal McCoys, a cowpunk band taking some inspiration from the likes of The Blasters, The Beat Farmers, Jason & the Scorchers. He […]
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B. Knox “The Many Deaths Of Rose Murphy” – murder, most foul

November 13, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Canada’s B.Knox is someone who seems to pop up on Americana UK every two or three years, and then he lets us know that he’s got an excellent new song out. And that’s the way it […]
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Rudy’s Bluegrass Revue “Booger Red” – it’s Rodeo Time

November 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been a while, in fact it has been a whiles – we speak of the tradition of running (when available) an instrumental on Wednesday afternoons. Why Wednesday afternoon? Well, it’s halfway through the week and […]
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Lucy Mellenfield “Like A Feather” – fragile

November 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Like A Feather‘ is the lead song from jazz-folk singer Lucy Mellenfield’s debut album “Tell The Water, She Will Listen” (out on the 16th of January) and, like the album, it draws on matters very personal […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Natalie Del Carmen

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Natalie Del Carmen’s music expresses heartfelt emotions that are corroborated by her latest album, Pastures (Torrez Music Group, 2026), a close-to-earth pastoral of small ideas and big, transportive feelings. On the album’s first song, June, You’re […]
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Kate Waters “Some Comfort”

August 17, 2026 0
Singer-songwriter finds comfort and meaning in endings while remaining hopeful for the future on an album that shines with hard-earned wisdom. Kate Waters knows a thing or two about the healing power of music. The Texas-based […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 249 “Away in Edinburgh”

August 17, 2026 0
I’m afraid I’m away this week in Edinburgh, as Mrs H sings with her choir in various venues and the Mound. Therefore, a very brief missive. Last week’s Pod was Laura Veirs, and this week’s is […]

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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

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Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
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Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
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Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Hailed by Paste magazine as ”bluegrass innovators,” Raleigh, North Carolina-based quartet Chatham County Line have announced the release of their eighth studio album, ‘Sharing The Covers’, due March 8th on Yep Roc Records. The video for the first single, Wilco’s “I […]
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‘The Crossing‘ is the new album from Alejandro Escovedo, it’s out  on the 14th of  September.  It’s got a general theme of  migrants, but this particular tune is just a bit of fun, about this guy who, Escovedo says, […]
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So, the PR for this one arrives with the suggestion “RIYL: Darling West, The Northern Belle, Malin Peterssen, Erin Rae, Courtney Marie Andrews“, and we do and we do and we do and we do and then […]

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