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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 […]

The Decemberists “I’ll Be Your Girl” (Capitol Records, 2018)

March 23, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Everything you’ve heard about ‘I’ll Be Your Girl’ is true – it’s a glorious confection that is spectacularly different from everything that has gone before. And yet it’s also so recognisably in keeping with everything that […]

Joel Levi “Will We Ever Change” – Listen

March 23, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Joel Levi is blessed with a strong and mellifluous voice, and it’s put to good use on this new single from his upcoming self-titled debut album, due out in May. The Nashville based singer draws on […]

Courtney Marie Andrews “May Your Kindness Remain” (Loose Music, 2018)

March 22, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

‘May Your Kindness Remain’ is a very different album to Courtney Marie Andrews’ previous release ‘Honest Life’, less directly personal and far more sombre. Which is hardly surprising since the last album was driven by the […]

Bronwyn “Rattlin’ Bones”

September 1, 2026 0

Virtuoso fiddler-turned-songwriter delivers modern bluegrass masterclass. Rattlin’ Bones marks Bronwyn Keith-Hynes’ first foray into songwriting. For those unfamiliar with her name, here’s a brief résumé of the story so far. Raised near Charlottesville, Virginia, at the […]

Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month

September 1, 2026 0

Miko Marks has announced her latest album, Hell Or High Water, on 30th October 2026 via Redtone Records. It’s her first new studio album since her 2022 release, Feel Like Going Home. Hell Or High Water sees […]

Album Art Great Television by Elizabeth Cook

Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”

September 1, 2026 0

A welcome and wonderful return. It’s hard to believe we have gone six years since Elizabeth Cook’s last album, Aftermath. Not that she’s been idle in the intervening years, with her television fishing show and a […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

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

Track Premier: The Lied To’s “Buffalo”

The Decemberists “I’ll Be Your Girl” (Capitol Records, 2018)

Joel Levi “Will We Ever Change” – Listen

Courtney Marie Andrews “May Your Kindness Remain” (Loose Music, 2018)

Bronwyn “Rattlin’ Bones”

Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month

Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”

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