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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?
Live Reviews

John Tams & Barry Coope, Hitchin Folk Club, The Sun Inn, Hitchin 24th September 2017

September 26, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
John Tams is not your typical seventy year old folkie – yes he has a great voice and a fine repertoire of songs both traditional and self-penned, and naturally – like many of his contemporaries – […]
Album Reviews

Nicole Atkins “Goodbye Rhonda Lee” (Single Lock Records, 2017)

September 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s not unreasonable to wonder who Rhonda Lee is, and why the ex-queen of Asbury Park and new resident of Nashville is bidding her farewell. Nicole Atkins provides the answer – it’s herself, or at least […]
Live Reviews

Moonsville Collective, At The Top, Long Beach California, Friday 15th September

September 22, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
The rest of the building may be still under construction to make another restaurant but right At The Top everything is fine and dandy – it’s Long Beach’s latest music venue / bar and it still […]
Album Reviews

Michael Nau “Some Twist” (Full Time Hobby, 2017)

September 21, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Michael Nau had already been pretty busy over the years with his bands Page France and Cotton Jones, but having released a solo debut, Mowing, last year – which had been the result of working into […]
Tracks

The Deportees – “A Single Truth” – Listen

September 19, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
The Deportees are an Aberdeen based band who look to the likes of Teenage Fanclub, The Waterboys, and Wilco as their musical inspirations.  Over three years in the making, their debut album The Birth of Industry is out […]

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Album Reviews

AUK Short Cuts: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil, Kevin Coleman, Bay Station, Mudlarks, Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock, and Ben Walden

September 1, 2026 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]
Album Reviews

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

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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 […]

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Wistful, sometimes dreamy, Sparkly folk from Leeds. Joey Donnelly is Elkyn and he is channelling many things with this sometime delicate, sometime urgent album the first of which on the opener ‘Change’ is Neil Halstead and […]
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Put simply, it is the quality of Pat Reedy’s blue-collar, rough-at-the-edges, honky-tonk songwriting that makes him stand out so strongly from the crowd. His songs have great, memorable melodies that you want to hear again, even […]
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