Jonathan Aird

Jess Jocoy “Cul-De-Sac Kid” – Country enough for ya?

September 15, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy’s new album is out on the 25th of October, and this is its title song. It finds Jess Jocoy questioning her place in the modern Country scene – does she need to […]

Peter Stampfel “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy” – let’s look at it this way

September 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Peter Stampfel – he of the Fugs and the Holy Modal Rounders – has a new and, hey no real surprise, rather unusual new album coming out. It’s called “Song Shards: Soul Jingles, Stoic Jingles, Vintage […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2025

September 11, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

September already, adieu sweet Summer. That means, though, that it’s also time for another edition of Folk Tracks Roundup, our regular feature where we try to reduce the unused Track list feature nothing but the best […]

Andrew Weiss and Friends “Put That In Your Pipe (and Smoke It)” – what the man said…

September 10, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Long Island’s Andrew Weiss and Friends have found a way to keep the music flowing – songwriter Andrew Weiss has developed an interesting technique – when an album is about to be released, he starts on […]

L.C. Franke “Prisoner” – emotional one

September 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

L.C. Franke is styled as an orchestral-pop crooner, which might cause a slight raise of the eyebrow – but his latest recording “Southern Bloom” features a series of his songs taken “on a dusty road trip […]

For The Sake of The Song: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Sin City”

August 17, 2026 0

Co-written by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman for The Flying Burrito Brothers’ 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin, Sin City features one of the best lines in the whole of popular music. “On the […]

Waylon Payne album cover art for Wayward 2026

Waylon Payne “Wayward”

August 17, 2026 0

A fantastic-sounding third album from the ‘outlaw prince’ treats us to some great songs and a sublime band. One of the first things that strikes you about this record is just how good it sounds. Many […]

Kelly Hunt to release third album “Requiem For A Sleepless Night” in September

August 17, 2026 0

Kelly Hunt’s last album, Ozark Symphony, was one of the highlights of 2023. Now, the Memphis native, returns with her third release, Requiem for a Sleepless Night, which will be issued on Compass Records on 18th […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Jess Jocoy “Cul-De-Sac Kid” – Country enough for ya?

Peter Stampfel “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy” – let’s look at it this way

Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2025

Andrew Weiss and Friends “Put That In Your Pipe (and Smoke It)” – what the man said…

L.C. Franke “Prisoner” – emotional one

For The Sake of The Song: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Sin City”

Waylon Payne “Wayward”

Kelly Hunt to release third album “Requiem For A Sleepless Night” in September

Sheryl Crow to release 12th album in the Autumn

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