Jonathan Aird

Track Premiere: GoldenOak “Poet And The Painter”

April 11, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

From the opening finger-picked introduction it’s pretty clear that ‘Poet and the Painter‘ is going to be a nice track – and then the sibling vocals of Zak and Lena Kendall come in and you’re just […]

Jonas Friddle “Drinking In A Dry Town” – Listen

April 10, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Small Town America is captured in sharp relief on Jonas Friddle’s new single. Beneath the warm toned music and Friddle’s restrained vocal, both captured live and straight to tape, there’s a darker side: “the high school […]

Track Premiere: Bridge 19 “Get Back In Bed”

April 9, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

It all goes back to MySpace (for younger readers that was…. oh, never mind) – that’s where Bridge 19’s frontwomen Audrey Cecil and Amanda Lucas came across each other’s music – and soon started working as […]

Tom Paxton’s UK tour begins this week

April 8, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Tom Paxton was always there, in Greenwich Village alongside Phil Ochs, Dave Van Ronk, John Hurt and Bobby Dylan, later on watching Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival in ’69, alongside John Lennon and […]

Richard Thompson announces his 70th Birthday Bash

April 5, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

You know how some birthday parties can be a bit of a washout? Well, that’s not going to happen whilst Richard Thompson is on the case, his invitation lays out his expectation for a good time: […]