News
Jon Boden – here, there and everywhere in November
Giant of the folk scene Jon Boden is making a late attempt at the “hardest working man in folk” crown. Not content with releasing a new album – Afterglow – this month and preparing to take […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
News
Linda Ronstadt: ‘I don’t like any of my albums’
Not quite as severe as it sounds – Linda Ronstadt, in a recent wide ranging interview in The Guardian, just joined the long list of artists who don’t get pleasure from listening to their old stuff […]
Tracks
Louis Brennan “Bit Part Actor” – Listen
If there’s a prize going for the deepest, growliest, vocal, then Louis Brennan is in the running for it. His vocal is responsible for giving a well full of gravitas to the London-based Dubliner’s new single […]
Tracks
Brother Roy “Carolina” – Listen
Carolina is a track from the debut album, Last Man Standing, from growly voiced folk-rocker Brother Roy. It’s a superb funky groove with touches of Levon Helm and Dr John in the vocal whilst the keyboards […]
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 […]