Jonathan Aird

Fawn “Burden” – Listen

January 13, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Fawn is the folk-Americana project of Liverpool based singer-songwriter Ilana Zsigmond, born in England but brought up mainly in in New Haven, Connecticut by parents who were themselves touring musicians. ‘Burden’ is a song about overcoming […]

Vetiver, Islington Academy, London, 17th December 2019

January 13, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The Islington Academy is one of London’s smaller venues, a room that revels in its awkward layout that surely aspires to non-Euclidean geometry, its poor lighting, and its really sticky floor. If it were a pub […]

Railroad Earth “The Great Divide” – Listen

January 10, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, that’s the first full week of January 2020 all done and dusted with – time to get going on the rest of the year. But if it’s been a tough one, you’ll maybe appreciate a […]

Nikolaj Grandjean “Seven Wild Horses“ – Listen

January 9, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Nikolaj Grandjean says of his music “I used to say the recorded works were songwriting, love songs, intimate, or lo-fi, with a twist of reggae. Today I would say that we do love songs with a […]

Track Premiere: Alan Barnosky “Ain’t It A Shame”

January 8, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Flatpicker Alan Barnosky picked up some nice reviews for his first release, ‘Old Freight‘, and his upcoming follow-up ‘Lonesome Road‘ from which today’s premiere is taken, is likely to do the same. Barnosky’s music is Bluegrass […]