Jonathan Aird

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]