Album Reviews
Jade Jackson “Gilded” (Anti-, 2017)
What they say about Jade Jackson, and what’s borne out by her debut album Gilded, is that she’s old beyond her years. And what that means is that Jade Jackson can convey years of hard living […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
Live Reviews
John Tams & Barry Coope, Hitchin Folk Club, The Sun Inn, Hitchin 24th September 2017
John Tams is not your typical seventy year old folkie – yes he has a great voice and a fine repertoire of songs both traditional and self-penned, and naturally – like many of his contemporaries – […]
Album Reviews
Nicole Atkins “Goodbye Rhonda Lee” (Single Lock Records, 2017)
It’s not unreasonable to wonder who Rhonda Lee is, and why the ex-queen of Asbury Park and new resident of Nashville is bidding her farewell. Nicole Atkins provides the answer – it’s herself, or at least […]
Live Reviews
Moonsville Collective, At The Top, Long Beach California, Friday 15th September
The rest of the building may be still under construction to make another restaurant but right At The Top everything is fine and dandy – it’s Long Beach’s latest music venue / bar and it still […]
Album Reviews
Michael Nau “Some Twist” (Full Time Hobby, 2017)
Michael Nau had already been pretty busy over the years with his bands Page France and Cotton Jones, but having released a solo debut, Mowing, last year – which had been the result of working into […]