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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 Premiere: My Girl The River “Up The Mountain”

April 2, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today we have an early listen to the third single from the next My Girl The River album Manifest Good Things (due this September) which brings a slightly different sound to the family band.  There’s a somewhat […]
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Eilen Jewell “Deportee” – a timely cover

April 1, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today it’s good news and bad news – the first being that Eilen Jewell has a new single out, and the second being that it is accompanied by the announcement that after twenty years of touring […]
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Alison Brown & Steve Martin “New Cluck Old Hen” – features Della Mae

March 31, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Here’s a great new tune from youthful banjo prodigy Steve Martin and the even more youthful banjo prodigy Alison Brown.  That’s two banjos – so you know that we’re deep into the real Americana – we […]
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Crys Matthews “Forged In Fire” – won’t back down

March 30, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Appropriately enough, Forged in Fire, the new song from Crys Matthews, was released on No Kings Day, the new national holiday they’re having over there across the Atlantic.  The social justice warrior, proud Black woman, and […]
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Susto Stringband “Hard Drug” – visions of death

March 27, 2026 Jonathan Aird 1
Seems to be our week for stringbands, but that’s ok. Susto, the alt-country group led by frontman Justin Osborne, have announced the release of Susto Stringband (Volume 2) on May 29 via Missing Piece Records. It’s […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]
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A searing display of grief through ten bare songs. How we all cope with grief is complex and individual, though the ability of energising one’s sadness through music is a powerful and positive one. Belfast’s Joshua […]
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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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What do you do when you can’t go the pub? Well lockdown has revealed that the answer is… drink more alcohol. So, to accompany your solo swilling, we’ve put together a fine blend of 10 of […]
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Video Premiere: Ian Clement “Hardly”

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The new video from Ian Clement features a brilliantly-executed, focused, emotional vocal performance and layers of unfolding sound that manage to be both gentle and dramatic simultaneously.  The video is simple but effective in reinforcing the […]
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Mike Plume “Lonesome Stretch Of Highway” (Royalty Records, 2020)

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Mike Plume “is a true alt-country legend in Canada, with a dozen releases since his debut in 1993,” according to his press. Having not encountered him before ‘Lonesome Stretch Of Highway’ comes as a pleasant discovery […]

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