Jonathan Aird

Details of new album from Joan Baez

December 21, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Some details have come through on Joan Baez’s upcoming new album. To be released on March 2nd 2018 via Proper Records Whistle Down the Wind will feature a selection of songs by Baez’s favourite songwriters. Whistle Down […]

Do you like Good Music ? A year in review

December 20, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s an inevitability that December brings some reflection on what has gone before, there’s this midwinter pause that offers an opportunity for this stocktaking. And this is a personal reflection – there’s some “best ofs”” down […]

Judy Collins & Stephen Stills “Girl from the North Country” – Listen

December 20, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

A track taken from the duo’s recent album Everybody Knows – which sees them dragging in another contemporary in the form of Bob Dylan to provide words and music. It’s a song Stills has recorded previously, […]

Feral Conservatives “Better Lives” (Egghunt Records, 2017)

December 19, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

When your album has been produced by Jon Auer (Posies, second incarnation Big Star) then you’ve pretty much been anointed as a credible new entry into the legion of Power Pop bands. If you also have […]

Folk By The Oak Announce Headliners

December 18, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Over the last decade Folk by the Oak has established itself as the essential “only just outside London close to a railway station one day folk music showcase” and this year looks to be no different. […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

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One of the most influential singer-songwriters of the modern era, James Taylor returns to the UK this month for his first London performance in three years when he takes to the stage at The O2 Arena […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

July 15, 2026 0

And it’s off to another new venue in London, prestigiously located at Olympia in one of those surprisingly hard to get to parts of London. Few are the venues that feel the need to post outlying […]

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