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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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Track Premier: Jesse Terry “Mr Blue Sky”

February 15, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Jesse Terry has a brand new album coming out, hot on the heels of last September’s ‘Stargazer’.  It’s an album of duets with female artists including: Dar Williams / Sarah Darling / Erin Rae/ Kim Richey […]

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Ruby Boots “Don’t Talk About It” (Bloodshot Records, 2018)

February 14, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Ruby Boots – real name Bex Chilcott – throws a handful of dust into the eyes on the opening two tracks of Don’t Talk About It, which come out of the blocks running, and punching out […]

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Video: Robert Plant “Carry Fire”

February 14, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

We are, these days. less interested in the fact that Mr Robert Plant was once in another band, and that he was a Golden God.  No – our interest in Mr Robert Plant, we hurry to […]

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Bob Cheevers “Help Me With My Heart” – Listen

February 14, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Admittedly this is not a new song – but quite appropriate for Valentines Day.  Really we wanted Is It Ever Gonna Rain, but that wasn’t available.  Help Me with My Heart seemed a better second choice […]

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Shakey Graves “Kids These Days” – Listen

February 13, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

One line of wisdom of course is that they don’t.  Listen that is.  Trash.  The kids are all right.  Alejandro Rose-Garcia, aka Shakey Graves, won the award for Best Emerging Artist at the 2015 Americana Music Awards […]

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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”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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

February 12, 2026 2

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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The fact that Robert Jon Burrison and his crew could draw a capacity crowd on a Monday night says a lot about the pulling power of good time Blues Rock. The Wreck are a tight well […]

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It was a co-write by Hoyt Wayne Axton and Ken Ramsey which The Kingston Trio did pretty well with.  Here Don Mclean has given it his touch as one of the cuts on his new album ‘Still […]

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