Jonathan Aird

The Buttertones “Gravedigging ” (Innovative Leisure, 2017)

March 28, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, at last here’s an album with plenty of twang – of course in this case it’s the treble high guitar twang of a surf band, given a somewhat harder edge with a heavy dose of […]

Warm Soda “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” (Castle Face Records, 2017)

March 27, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

The fourth, and apparently last, album from Matthew Melton’s power-pop band Warm Soda is in an incandescent hurry – a dozen songs each clocking-in at well under three minutes, the whole album over in half an […]

Thomas Wynn & The Believers – new album coming in May

March 27, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Thomas Wynn & The Believers have announced that their third album – Wade Waist Deep – will be appearing on Mascot Records this May. Having been named the #1 Rock Band and #1 Country/Folk Band in […]

Son of the Velvet Rat “Dorado” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2017)

March 24, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It would be the understatement of the year to describe the torn and ragged instrument that is Georg Altziebler’s throat as “cracked” or “whisky scarred”. It’s a hollow rattling thing that speaks of dry deserts and […]

Dweezil Zappa tours 50 Years Of Frank

March 23, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Frank Zappa certainly out did other fathers – nothing as simple as a Boy named Sue for Frank. Moon Unit, Dweezil, these are names of distinction. Well, they’re distinctive. So Dweezil got an interesting start – […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

July 17, 2026 0

We’ve been lucky enough here at Americana UK to have been aware of Anna Tivel and her astonishing songwriting pretty much from her emergence into the folk/singer-songwriter/americana combined genres. We haven’t been shy with our praise […]

Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”

July 17, 2026 0

When Dennis McNally published A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead in 2002, he had an almost impossible task. It needed to document a band whose history was already wrapped in layers […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

The Buttertones “Gravedigging ” (Innovative Leisure, 2017)

Warm Soda “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” (Castle Face Records, 2017)

Thomas Wynn & The Believers – new album coming in May

Son of the Velvet Rat “Dorado” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2017)

Dweezil Zappa tours 50 Years Of Frank

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”

Bob Dylan announces 2026 UK tour

Hell in a Handcart: What about the Babel Fish?