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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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Bruce Springsteen “Blind Spot” – what I choose not to see

April 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1
And here we are at the start of a run of Tracks that we considered sweeping up into a track feature called “Bag of Big Hitters.”  It’s that time of year – the big names are […]
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Track Premiere: Firefall “Mr Soul”

April 23, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s a legendary song covered by a legendary band – Firefall have been rocking for some fifty years, with a roster of musicians that have included some whose earlier careers had included bands such as The […]
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Something for the weekend: Steve Forbert “Complications”

April 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 3
Well, well, well – what’s going on here?  The Deputy Editor trying to muscle further into the website, and carve out an additional niche?  No, not at all – it’s just a case of real-world complications […]
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Icarus Phoenix “Love” – all you need, really

April 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Things that you should know – one time – Icarus Phoenix is the front for prolific songwriter Drew Danburry.  The band has existed in many forms since 2020, and the current lineup is Drew Danburry (gtr/vox), […]
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Jeremy Garrett “Fly Away To Your Love” – get ye home

April 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Continuing our unofficial Garrett Week, we have the new single from Jeremy Garrett – the member of The Infamous Stringdusters has a new solo album ‘Storm Mountain‘ out on June 27th.  It’s the seventh solo album […]

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John Perry Barlow’s memoir Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times reads like an acid trip from the American counterculture, yet also carries an idealistic turn that comes from living through multiple revolutions. The book […]
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Live Review: Eric Bibb + Janileigh Cohen, St. Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth – 25th March 2026

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You probably wouldn’t immediately think of St. Leonard’s Church in Bridgnorth as a likely venue if someone were to mention a roof-raising indie-folk and blues double bill. Yet on a storm-lashed March evening, the old sandstone […]
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Maisy Owen “Dark on a Sunny Day”

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Moody and magnificent debut from major new songwriter. A new name to the Americana UK shores, Maisy Owen is a Nashville native now residing in L.A. This is her first full-length offering, although at eight songs, […]

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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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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