Jonathan Aird

Rachel Baiman & Mike Wheeler “The “Countin’ On You Sessions” (Tone Tree Music, 2020)

April 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Raised in Chicago, Rachel Baiman has made her mark as a fiddle player in a number of traditional and folk styles. She’s also been more than busy over the last year or so with the release […]

Evening Hymns “I Can Only Be Good” – Listen

April 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Evening Hymns is one of the musical projects of Canadian Jonas Bonnetta, and today’s featured song is the first new music under this name since 2015’s ‘Quiet Energies‘. It’s a song that enumerates all the reasons […]

Ryan Langdon “Buck Wild” – Listen

April 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Don’t be fooled by that banjo opening, this is a wild one, a buck wild one. Sounding like the theme tune for the day the bars get opened again Ryan Langdon leaves no room for misunderstanding […]

Track Premiere: Woods End “Rowan Road”

April 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

There’s a pensive mood to this new song from Sweden’s Woods End, with a ratcheting up of the anxious tension as the song progresses with the death-watch beetle knock of the percussion. As you’d expect by […]

AmericanA to Z – Suzanne Vega

April 14, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

Last week was Tom Petty and so AmericanA to Z reaches the letter U. And since Uncle Tupelo have been covered already, skips directly to V. It was that or The Upsetters, and really that was […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

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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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