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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

Judy Collins – Union Chapel, London, 20th January 2020

February 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Before Judy Collins took the stage there was a detailed announcement that this was to be a gig where the use of cameras, phone cameras, Ipad cameras, and all other recording devices were requested to not […]
Tracks

Nathan Kalish “Songs For Nobody” – Listen

February 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Things are not going right for Nathan Kalish as he freely admits, singing “My career is like an accident” on this rocking cut from his new album also called ‘Songs for Nobody‘, which will be out […]
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Dustbowl Revival “Runaway” – Listen

February 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
How to describe Dustbowl Revival?  As good a place to start is probably right at their beginning when Chicago native Z. Lupetin moved to LA to be a playwright and screenwriter, grew disillusioned with his job in […]
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The Frampton Sisters “Let Me Hold Your Hand” – Listen

February 5, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Already veterans of the Cambridge Folk Festival, Orkney’s The Frampton Sisters  have recently released their latest single which features just finger-picked guitar and the harmonising vocals of sisters Freddie and Charlie. 
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Alicia Toner “Forget About It” – Listen

February 4, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
One of the amazing things about AmericanaFest – yeah, sorry, we’re still going on about that, we should probably get out more – is discovering bands and singers that you’ve not really come across before.  One […]

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Promo photo for Richard Neuberg

AUK Shortcuts: Richard Neuberg, Grapes of Grain, Freedom Heartsong, Grain Electric, Erik Rabasca, Tony Kamel, Jeremy Beggs, Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott, and Skydiggers

Album Reviews
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Album Art Sophie Wellington Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”

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Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026

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Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not

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Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”

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Promo photo for Richard Neuberg
Album Reviews

AUK Shortcuts: Richard Neuberg, Grapes of Grain, Freedom Heartsong, Grain Electric, Erik Rabasca, Tony Kamel, Jeremy Beggs, Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott, and Skydiggers

July 9, 2026 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]
Album Art Sophie Wellington Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
Album Reviews

Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”

July 9, 2026 0
Beguiling and imaginative second from Boston-based singer, musician and dancer. Sophie Wellington was born and raised in Virginia but moved to Boston to attend the renowned Berklee College of Music. On Her Bright Smile Haunts Me […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026

July 9, 2026 0
And, at last, the temperature had begun to dip, so the only concern could be would the three record days in a row of June heat have caused the rail line any trouble; maybe there’d be […]

  • AUK Shortcuts: Richard Neuberg, Grapes of Grain, Freedom Heartsong, Grain Electric, Erik Rabasca, Tony Kamel, Jeremy Beggs, Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott, and Skydiggers
  • Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”
  • Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026
  • Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not
  • Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”
  • Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”
  • 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
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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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As regular readers are aware, the object of the articles in the Chain Gang series is to find something in the one that precedes yours that you can link to and write about. I scoured Andrew […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 34

November 4, 2021 0
Back with a bang and a small prick Half term done and despite the sense of melancholy mentioned last week and possibly some SAD caused by the clocks going back, it’s good to be back although […]

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