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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?
Album Reviews

Courtney Marie Andrews “May Your Kindness Remain” (Loose Music, 2018)

March 22, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

‘May Your Kindness Remain’ is a very different album to Courtney Marie Andrews’ previous release ‘Honest Life’, less directly personal and far more sombre. Which is hardly surprising since the last album was driven by the […]

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Knight & Spiers “The Cuckoo” – Listen

March 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

A set of tunes from Peter Knight and John Spiers based around the traditional songs and tunes  ‘The Cuckoo song / The Cuckoo’s Nest / The Cuckoo’s Nest (Longborough Morris)’.  It’s a masterly medley that moves […]

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You Are Wolf “Keld” (Firecrest Records, 2018)

March 16, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Keld is an old Northern English word meaning “the deep, still, smooth part of a river”. That’s an economical word, and You Are Wolf’s album is also economical, the sparse sounds drawing on traditional songs that […]

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Kim Richey “Chase Wild Horses” – Listen

March 16, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Kim Richey is mixing with the right people – on the first single from her new album ‘Edgelands’ she had Chuck Prophet contributing, and elsewhere on the album there’s the likes of Robyn Hitchcock and Kim’s […]

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Frances Luke Accord “Maria” – Listen

March 15, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

On stage Nicholas Gunty and Brian Powers are Frances Luke Accord, a duo that is all about delicate finger-picked guitar and close harmony vocals.  It’s a timeless sound that inevitably leads to Simon & Garfunkel comparisons, […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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A new album in October and a single now. Hussah!! “You Are Not A Stranger Here”, the long-awaited new album by Danny & the Champions of the World, will be released through Loose on 18th October. Their […]

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Something for the weekend: Dylan John Thomas “Feel The Fire”

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. We leave you with a song from the new self-titled debut album by Glasgow based Dylan John Thomas – although he’s been championed by the likes […]

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