Jonathan Aird

Fleet Foxes “Crack-Up” (Nonesuch, 2017)

July 4, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Fleet Foxes have not been exemplifying the work ethic – having dramatically emerged onto the music scene in 2008 with the Sun Giant EP and then their eponymous debut it was a full three years until […]

Joe Purdy, support Lydia Ramsey, The Horn, St Albans, 15th June 2017

July 3, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Does it get better than this – a beautifully warm evening, driving off to see Joe Purdy for the second time in a week, Bob Harris Country on the radio and Bob’s interviewing Jason Isbell. Oh […]

Darlingside UK dates – now !

June 30, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

On their third trip to the UK, Massachusetts based indie-folk band Darlingside are continuing to build their reputation as a knock-out live band. With subtle musical shadings taking cues from folk, chamber pop, bluegrass, classical music, […]

The Young’uns announce new album

June 26, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

With every day that passes their name becomes less appropriate, but this doesn’t stop The Young’uns striding forward – in the space of little more than a decade, and just three years after giving up their […]

Le Vent Du Nord, The Stables, Wavendon, 13th June 2017

June 22, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Quebec four piece folk sensation Le Vent Du Nord made a return visit to The Stables on a UK tour which is mostly taking in a number of folk festivals offering the group high billing. Drawing […]

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

Fleet Foxes “Crack-Up” (Nonesuch, 2017)

Joe Purdy, support Lydia Ramsey, The Horn, St Albans, 15th June 2017

Darlingside UK dates – now !

The Young’uns announce new album

Le Vent Du Nord, The Stables, Wavendon, 13th June 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”