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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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Watchhouse “All Around You” – finding home

June 11, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Watchhouse have paid their dues – starting over a decade ago playing coffee shops and local restaurants around North Carolina they have now released their latest album ‘Rituals‘, their first in four years.  From the small […]
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Emily Hines “My Own Way” – finding a new path

June 10, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Nashville-based Emily Hines is releasing her debut album ‘These Days’ on August 1st via Keeled Scales. The first single is ‘My Own Way‘, of which she says, “This is the last song I wrote for the […]
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Malin Pettersen “Number And A Street” – bring on the band

June 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
The latest single from Malin Pettersen’s new album ‘Wildflower’ is a new recording of a song that Pettersen first released on her 2024 EP ‘Seasons.’ Back then it was a solo take with just guitar accompaniment, […]
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Bicentennial Drug Lord “This Pabst Blue Ribbon” – what made Milwaukee famous…

June 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Bicentennial Drug Lord is quite a provocative band name – sounds like some retro-psychedelic band or maybe a Indie rock combo.  In fact, as today’s song demonstrates, they are a band who can do both kinds […]
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Video Premiere: Morton Valence (featuring Stephen McCarthy) “Hey Misty”

June 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, here’s the sound of the Summer (although you’d never tell from the photo) arriving on this dreamy new song from Morton Valence, with the added bonus of the guitar playing of Long Ryder Stephen McCarthy.  […]

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As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]
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Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

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Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]

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