Jonathan Aird

Odetta Hartman “You, you” – Listen

August 7, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Love is a beautiful thing, and Odetta Hartman clearly agrees. She gets quite effusive about her partner Jack Inslee (who provides the electronica and found sounds on this track). Almost too effusive, as she gushes “this […]

JP Harris “When I Quit Drinking” – Listen

August 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

As mainstream country continues to becomes hollow and glitzy pop music about trucks and beers and dogs and girls (or boys) then this lead single from JP Harris’ new album ‘Sometimes dogs bark at nothing‘ is […]

Graham Nash “Over the Years” (Rhino, 2018)

August 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

Didn’t we just have a 3 disc Graham Nash retrospective? Well, no – sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but the ‘Reflections‘ Box Set was nine years ago. True, this release adds only one […]

Ruen Brothers “Finer Things” – Listen

August 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Ruen Brothers have announced their new single ‘Finer Things’, written in Nashville with Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs. It’s the second single from their recently released, debut album ‘All My Shades Of Blue’. The album was produced by […]

Starry Skies “Starry Skies” – Listen

August 2, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Who could argue with such a sentiment? Starry Skies have an album, their second, of the same name due out on the 12th of October on Fox Star Records. The title song ‘Starry Skies‘ showcases the Glaswegian band’s […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Odetta Hartman “You, you” – Listen

JP Harris “When I Quit Drinking” – Listen

Graham Nash “Over the Years” (Rhino, 2018)

Ruen Brothers “Finer Things” – Listen

Starry Skies “Starry Skies” – Listen

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson