News
Bob Dylan – New album announced
Of course it’s always a pleasure to hear that there’s a new Bob Dylan studio album on the way – especially when the last one wasn’t so very long ago. And pleasure becomes thrill when it […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
Live Reviews
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry, Union Chapel, London, 16th January 2017
Serendipity – it happens all the time, that accidental crossing of life’s tentative threads that seem to indicate something significant when a connection is made. Travelling in London by train one inevitably comes into contact with […]
Album Reviews
The Dream “Get Dreamy” (Round 2, 2017)
There is an almost limitless appetite amongst vinyl addicts for the ever more obscure or rare item released on their favoured medium and in their preferred musical genres. So there will be at least a muted […]
Album Reviews
Various Artists “The Musical Mojo of Dr John” (Concord Records, 2016)
Mac Rebennack strolled on stage at the Last Waltz to the words “You all know the doctor, Dr, John ? Mac Rebennack. Come on Mac !” And if you didn’t, well you soon did as he […]
Album Reviews
Mikko Joensuu “Amen-2” (Svart Records, 2016)
Mikko Joensuu has set himself a daunting task – to release a trilogy of albums in the space of a year. Having been brought up in his native Finland with a strong religious background, the album […]