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Icarus Phoenix “Mark & Kyle” – taking big steps together
When we say that Icarus Phoenix are friends of the site it is more true than that phrase sometimes conveys, as Drew Danburry is indeed both a long time friend of the site and a long […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Hillary Reynolds “Gaslight” – where is truth?
The upcoming album, ‘Changing Seasons’, which is due out August 8th is the debut solo release from Wisconson born and now Los Angeles living singer and songwriter Hillary Reynolds. It marks a return to songs that […]
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Patty Griffin “Born In A Cage” – where has all the habitat gone?
The second single from Patty Griffin’s latest album ‘Crown Of Roses’ is a double reflection – there’s the song’s clear theme of the loss of diversity in the wild, and then there’s the personal part where […]
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Ruth Hazleton “Letter From A Friend (Fire Song)” – all things have passed
‘Letter From A Friend (Fire Song)‘ is the lead track from Ruth Hazleton’s upcoming album “Heronbones“, which will be released in September 2025. “Heronbones” draws on Hazleton’s love of traditional song and folkloric themes, using sampling, […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys + Honey and the Bear, Junction 2, Cambridge – 9th June 2025
Sam Kelly’s take on folk music relies on a combination of reworked and mostly sped-up traditional songs and his own, often more introspective, self-writes. With the full Lost Boys band he frequently leans into a joyful […]