Jonathan Aird

Sara Rachele “Goodbye, Goodbye” – Listen

May 16, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Sara Rachele’s new album ‘Scorpio Moon‘ is out at the end of May. Unusually it was recorded straight to tape. Even more unusually it features Binky Griptite and other members of The Dap-Kings (who you’ll recall […]

Pete Gardiner “Dangerous People” – Listen

May 15, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Pete Gardiner alludes to several kinds of ‘Dangerous People‘ on this new single which channels rage and despair in about equal measures. Who’s the bigger threat, the poisoner keeping shtum about what he’s been doing “no […]

Emmeline “Empire” – Listen

May 14, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

It just cannot be a coincidence that this big piano-led song by Dallas’ Emmeline is more than a little reminiscent of The National’s ‘Fake Empire‘. Maybe it’s because, like the Dessners, she has a classical background, […]

Pharis and Jason Romero, Kings Place Hall 2, London, 26th April 2019

May 14, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The last time that they played London, some four years ago, it was at The Green Note, so the somewhat austere setting of Hall 2 at Kings Place is a sizeable step up in audience numbers […]

Matt York “Permanent Crush” – Listen

May 13, 2019 Jonathan Aird 1

Matt York grew up in Foxboro, Massachusetts and began playing the clubs of Boston, where he now resides, as a teenager. ‘Permanent Crush‘ is his latest single, he already has a couple of albums under his […]