Jonathan Aird

Whitehorse are on a roll

May 26, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Rolling Stone, no less, have described Whitehorse as a “Superduo whose music swirls together the swampy swagger of the Bible Belt, the minor-akey melancholy of film noir soundtracks and the raw stomp of rock & roll.” […]

The Turtles swim free again

May 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 2

May 2017 has seen many peculiar events popping up in the news, an almost daily dose of incredulity. Here comes another one. Somewhat unheralded Edsel Records have re-issued deluxe expanded versions of all six original albums […]

Argyll Gathering is new Scottish Festival

May 24, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Argyll Gathering is a new Scottish event celebrating the best of music, culture and the arts opening its doors August 19th – 20th 2017 in the stunning setting of Helensburgh, some thirty miles outside Glasgow. The […]

Morton Valence “Europa” (Bastard Recordings, 2017)

May 23, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Were it not for the declaration on the album cover that “millions of us…consider ourselves as both citizens of the UK and Europe” Morton Valence’s latest release would represent the subtlest political album you’re ever likely […]

Joe Purdy has something to sing about.

May 23, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It is often said that hard times, or difficult times, bring forth the best music. You know – Woody and the Dust Bowl, the Civil Rights Movement and Dylan, Thatcherism and Bucks Fizz. Or should that […]

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

Whitehorse are on a roll

The Turtles swim free again

Argyll Gathering is new Scottish Festival

Morton Valence “Europa” (Bastard Recordings, 2017)

Joe Purdy has something to sing about.

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”