Jonathan Aird

Maria Kelly ft. Ailbhe Reddy “Threads” – Listen

February 22, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Seems like a long time since we’ve featured folktronica – not so long ago you couldn’t walk down the street without tripping over a half dozen examples of the genre. Threads is the new single from Irish […]

Brother Roy “Last Man Standing” (Independent, 2017)

February 21, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Remember when intense singer-songwriter J. Tillman, still working the day shift as drummer with Fleet Foxes, had a musical and emotional epiphany and transformed into Father John Misty? After serving time in Phoebe Hunt’s band The […]

Lost Brothers “Come Tomorrow” – Listen

February 21, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

What do you get when you combine the duetting style of the Everly Brothers with the lyrical style of the spectral strain of Gothic-Americana ? Well, something rather like the Lost Brothers, who’s fifth album Halfway […]

Cruel, Cruel “Swim” – Listen

February 20, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

In all honesty we don’t know a lot about Cruel, cruel – they are from Bogota, they have an EP out called Submerso. There’s a clip of them on Youtube which our Spanish is not up to. […]

Belle of the Fall “Rise Up” – Listen

February 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Belle of the Fall is Tracy Walton and Julia Autumn Ford, an indie folk rock pop alternative americana with a soul, duo from Connecticut. Tracy plays upright bass and sings and Julia plays nylon string guitar […]

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Jesse Malin at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis 10th November 2019

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

April 29, 2026 0

New Yorker Jesse Malin began his performing career in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack, before assuming the role of vocalist of glam punk band D Generation. Between 1994 and 1999 D Generation released three […]

Mildred “Fenceline”

April 29, 2026 0

Sensitive sounds carry poetic lyrics and encourage deeper reflections on meaning. Mildred is a four-piece band from Oakland, CA, with members: Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

April 29, 2026 0

We’re heading towards the Summer now, May Day falls this week, and the obvious thing would be to offer you, valued reader, a swathe of music that touches on those themes of rebirth and the explosion […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Maria Kelly ft. Ailbhe Reddy “Threads” – Listen

Brother Roy “Last Man Standing” (Independent, 2017)

Lost Brothers “Come Tomorrow” – Listen

Cruel, Cruel “Swim” – Listen

Belle of the Fall “Rise Up” – Listen

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

Mildred “Fenceline”

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

Rock legend Lenny Kaye to release debut solo album at 79

Natalie Jane Hill “Hopeful Woman”