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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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Velvet Starlings “Sold Down the River” – Listen

November 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Christian Gisborne is, in a Captain Manyhands kind of way, the singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist behind the Velvet Starlings name.  ‘Sold Down the River’ is impressive enough with it’s hints of Animals or Eric Burdon enjoying San […]
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Sive “Quietly” – Listen

November 5, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
You may feel that you’ve heard enough ukulele over the last few years, but like any instrument all it needs is the right artist to make it sound fresh and intriguing again.  Sive (also known as Sadhbh […]
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Video : The Great Western Tears “Let it storm”

November 5, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
The Great Western Tears have their new single ‘Let it Storm‘ scheduled for release soon, it’s taken from their second album ‘Trials of the Apple Isle‘.  The video for this booming slice of Americana concentrates, quite […]
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Hollow Hand “Milestone” – Listen

November 2, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Hollow Hand is a band spearheaded by Brighton resident Max Kinghorn-Mills and ‘Milestone‘ is the lead single from the Hollow Hand’s debut album ‘Star Chamber‘ which was released on October 19th 2018, via Talkshow Records.  Kinghorn Mills finds 2018 […]
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Ramona Rose “High Water” – Listen

November 1, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Manchester based Ramona Rose recently took the decision to leave her folk-rock band and hit the road as a solo artist, with just a guitar and a stomp-box loop pedal.  Having just completed an eight city […]

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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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We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]

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

April 22, 2026 0
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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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

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‘What Rhymes with Cars and Girls’ was the first solo album by You Am I frontman Tim Rogers, and the only release featuring the backing band The Twin Set. I grew to love the album with […]
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The Mostar Diving Club is the work of writer, composer and lead singer Damian Katkhuda, who first came to prominence fronting cult indie folk band Obi in the early 2000s.  The latest single ‘Lovely Bones’ is taken from […]

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