Jonathan Aird

Jonathan Wilson, Omeara, London, 19th March 2018

March 28, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Omeara is a fairly new venue south of the river, not very far south, and in quite a hip area with a sizeable presence of pubs and cafes close by. Inside the performance space is bijou, […]

Khari Wendell McClelland “Song Of The Agitators” – Listen

March 27, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from Khari Wendell McClelland’s new album ‘Freedom Singer’ which has re-arranged and re-invigorated a set of songs that were contemporary with his great-great-great-grandmother’s escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad. Some are quite well know […]

AmericanA to Z: Acres and Acres

March 27, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Half forgotten bands, albums that slipped away – that’s what this part of the site is about. Canada’s Acres and Acres were one of the first bands, possibly the actual first, that I reviewed a CD […]

Tom Waits releases for Record Store Day, but not on Gold vinyl

March 26, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Gold would surely have been the obvious choice, not because Waits’ voice reminds one of the Spandau Ballet dirge, but because that’s what his 2006 triple album ‘Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards’ achieved in terms of sales. […]

Track Premier: The Lied To’s “Buffalo”

March 26, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Susan Levine and Doug Kwartler are The Lied To’s – and the lies they both got told have to do with love and romance as they each weathered bitter divorces and were left to pick up the […]