Jonathan Aird

Ron Sexsmith, Islington Assembly Hall, London, 24th May 2017

June 12, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Late spring London was showing off its finery on an exceptionally warm evening, whilst Lori Cullen was inside the Islington Assembly Hall as opening act for Ron Sexsmith, singing her light jazzy songs – some of […]

Todd Adelman & The Country Mile “Time will tell” (Porch Lantern Music, 2016)

June 9, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

On his sixth studio album country-roots rocker Todd Adelman has a preoccupation with the passage of time, ageing and the myriad changes in his homelands. These missives from rural America are set to a traditional country-rock […]

Harrow Fair “Call to Arms” (Roaring Girl Records, 2017)

June 8, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Harrow Fair are Miranda Mulholland, of Great Lake Swimmers, and Andrew Penner, of Sunparlour Players, and Call to Arms is their debut release as a duo – and genuinely a duo, Mulholland sings and adds violin […]

Worry Dolls “Go Get Gone” (Bread & Butter Music, 2017)

June 7, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Rosie Jones and Zoe Nicol, who together make up Worry Dolls, are that rare thing – songwriters who are genuinely living their lyrics. Go Get Gone‘s title quoting track is the carpe diem song Train’s Leaving […]

The Unthanks “Diversions Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake” (RabbleRouser Music, 2017)

June 6, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

The Unthanks – sisters Becky and Rachel – have, over the last decade, become major figures on the English folk scene. Strong on tradition they have also forged new musical paths and travelled along many sidetracks. […]

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

Extra tickets released for Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn – Liverpool in November

July 16, 2026 0

If you’ve tried to buy tickets for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of this website which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]

Creekbed Carter Hogan “Peasants Revolt”

July 16, 2026 0

Musings on the state of the world, now and in the past, the solution is in the hot dog. When an album announces itself as “a rollicking medieval-Americana manuscript” it’s clear that we shouldn’t take anything […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Ron Sexsmith, Islington Assembly Hall, London, 24th May 2017

Todd Adelman & The Country Mile “Time will tell” (Porch Lantern Music, 2016)

Harrow Fair “Call to Arms” (Roaring Girl Records, 2017)

Worry Dolls “Go Get Gone” (Bread & Butter Music, 2017)

The Unthanks “Diversions Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake” (RabbleRouser Music, 2017)

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

Extra tickets released for Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn – Liverpool in November

Creekbed Carter Hogan “Peasants Revolt”

There’s a new album on a new label on the way from Jess Williamson

Americana Stories – Gary Marsden “Rialto and Rhiannon”