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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?
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Track Premiere – China “Crossing The Ohio”

February 22, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Crossing The Ohio‘ is the new single from  folk-rock band China’s album ‘And then nothing happened‘, released through Royal Oakie Records.  China take their musical cues from the likes of Neil Young, The Byrds, and The Band.  Theirs […]
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Track Premiere: Lashes “Daydreamer”

February 21, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Lashes are a London band who have found that the path to rock ‘n’ roll greatness is paved with the likes of the Stones,  The Band, The Faces and Dylan.   The band name, perhaps not too […]
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Trapper Schoepp “Primetime Illusion” (Xtra Mile Recordings, 2019)

February 20, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
On his fourth full length release Trapper Schoepp has pulled off a trick that only really occurs once or twice in any given decade – the reshaping of folk rock to sound fresh and new. On […]
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Track Premiere – D.L. Rossi “Good Woman”

February 20, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
If tough knocks are the necessary path to meaningful music then D.L. Rossi is probably feeling he’s racked up enough now, and maybe it’s time for life to let him get on with the songwriting part […]
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Silver Lake 66 “Blue Earth County” – Listen

February 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Maria Francis and Jeff Overbo combine an amalgamation of classic country, folk and blues throughout the music they create as Silver Lake 66.  On this single, from their album ‘Ragged Heart‘, we find the duo speeding down […]

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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Jason Tyler Burton’s song, taken from his new album ‘Kentuckian‘, and it’s another finely crafted look through another’s eyes.  This time it’s the conflicted emotions of someone trapped in a one-horse town who, at the same […]
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Van Life: Iain Sloan

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Fretboard warrior, purveyor of all things six-string, and pedal steel supremo, Iain Sloan has been soundtracking the UK Americana scene for a number of years predominantly with The Wynntown Marshals, Scotland’s finest alt.country band, and latterly […]
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Live Review: Tyler Ramsey, The Social, London – 29th March 2026

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We still, I guess, have to say that Tyler Ramsey used to be in Band of Horses as lead guitarist and a notable songwriter for that band, but he’s been ploughing his own furrow for nearly […]

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