Jonathan Aird

Viper Central will tour the UK in August

July 11, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Canadian Bluegrass sensation Viper Central have a tour planned at the height of the UK summer, taking in both festival stages and small rooms across Scotland and Ireland. They also have a new album – their […]

Darlingside, Union Chapel, London, 3rd July 2017

July 10, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Darlingside are an American folk band starting to make quite a stir after a bumped higher up the bill appearance at last year’s Cambridge Folk Festival earnt them a lot of new fans this side of […]

Tom Russell has a new album coming soon

July 7, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Having put out one album already this year – Play One More: The Songs of Ian and Sylvia, Tom Russell isn’t letting the grass grow under him. He’ll be releasing another brand-new studio album Folk Hotel on […]

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, The Stables, Wavendon, 21st June 2017

July 6, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

More than thirty years after departing from Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter is still forever associated with the band which gave him his big break. That must be something of a poisoned chalice as he’s produced […]

Hot Flash Heat Wave “Soaked” (OIM Records, 2017)

July 5, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Sunshine filters all through Hot Flash Heat Wave’s second album Soaked, which sees this San Francisco based four piece explore the perils of early adulthood, feelings of time passing and, more specifically, the pitfalls of dating. […]

Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

September 2, 2026 0

One Eleven Heavy’s Mitchell Maiato delivers a healthy dose of cosmic psychedelia for the 21st century. Four years have passed since we last heard from Nick Mitchell Maiato, at which time One Eleven Heavy, his sometime […]

Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

September 2, 2026 0

Jack Barksdale takes a satirical look at the way economics appears to work for the already wealthy, or well-connected. On The Scam Song, he compares the well-known money transfer request scam to the equally well-known situation […]

Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”

September 2, 2026 0

Scott Cook and Pamela Mae’s performance of Steady For You is all about their connection: both the blend of their voices and the looks shared between them as they take joy in creating a song of […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Viper Central will tour the UK in August

Darlingside, Union Chapel, London, 3rd July 2017

Tom Russell has a new album coming soon

Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, The Stables, Wavendon, 21st June 2017

Hot Flash Heat Wave “Soaked” (OIM Records, 2017)

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”

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

Bronwyn “Rattlin’ Bones”