Jonathan Aird

Dream Machine “The Illusion” (Castle Face Records, 2017)

June 21, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Having wound up his band Warm Soda, going out with an excellent final album, Matthew Melton returns with his new band Dream Machine. Gone are the power pop leanings of Warm Soda and in comes a […]

Joe Purdy, The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 9th June 2017

June 13, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Perhaps the events of the previous night gave this Joe Purdy gig an additional frisson – who couldn’t be even more than usually moved by songs asking for – nay, demanding – equality, tolerance and understanding […]

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 […]

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

Dream Machine “The Illusion” (Castle Face Records, 2017)

Joe Purdy, The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 9th June 2017

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)

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”