Tracks
Patty Griffin “River” – Listen
Where do songs come from ? For Patty Griffin the answer, for this song at least, was from the half line “Isn’t she a river?” After that, she says, “the rest sort of followed. Sometimes songs are […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
News
John Paul White new album soon and UK tour sooner
John Paul White quite rapidly became someone who needs no introduction – Grammy awards with The Civil War and an impressive first release post that band in the shape of 2016’s quite stunning ‘Beulah‘. And he’s back […]
Live Reviews
Josh Okeefe, Water Rats, London, 10th January 2019
The Water Rats was hosting the roving folk club that is Folk on Monday (yes, this was a Thursday). It’s a venue that is also particularly appropriate seeing as its former incarnation,’The Pindar of Wakefield,’ was […]
Tracks
Mavis Staples “No Time For Cryin’ ” – Listen
Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples wrote this song, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Kennedy Center Honoree Mavis Staples really nailed it live at The Union Chapel last year. It features on her […]
Album Reviews
Foreign Affairs “Old Fire Station EP” (Independent, 2018)
Bristolian siblin duo Adam and Lawrence Purnell have produced their first new recorded material since their initial release ‘The First EP‘ back in 2015. The six tracks on ‘Old Fire Station‘ powerfully show off their folk-rock […]