Jonathan Aird

Jonah Kagen “You Again” – like a bad penny?

September 5, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Jonah Kagen’s debut album is put today, it’s called “Sunflowers And Leather” and this song, ‘You Again‘, is the most recent single from it. Jonah Kagen took a big life swerve when a relationship ended – […]

Track Premiere: Jennie Arnau “Mabel”

September 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

On one level, Jennie Arnau explains, ‘Mabel‘ is a song about a cat: “I started ‘Mabel’ because my little cat Mabel passed away,” she shares, elaborating that while Mabel wasn’t very friendly, she was adored by […]

Dallas Burrow “Colorado Bound” – Oh, don’t you leave me here

September 3, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s the latest single from “The Way The West Was Won”, Dallas Burrow’s latest album which is out September 26th on Forty Below Records. ‘Colorado Bound‘ is a finger-picked ballad, which has a timeless nostalgia to […]

Cruise Control “Like A Bell” – get ready for the get down

September 2, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Sometimes, and we may have mentioned this before, Americana UK gets accused of being too serious. Let’s unpack that (as the kids, and their elders, like to say). Fundamentally, there is nothing as such wrong with […]

Neil Young: “Big Crime” – no more, no more

September 1, 2025 Jonathan Aird 3

Neil Young has a, well, not exactly a new song but in an Eco-spirit more of a recycled song with the newly available ‘Big Crime.’ Recorded at the sound check for a recent appearance in Chicago, […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0

Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]

artwork for Mistaken For Wayne album "Whitefish"

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0

Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances

October 2, 2026 0

To celebrate the release of his new album Alamo, which will be released on 13th November 2026 on Thirty Tigers, Jake Bugg has announced he will celebrate the release with a run of November in-store dates. […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Jonah Kagen “You Again” – like a bad penny?

Track Premiere: Jennie Arnau “Mabel”

Dallas Burrow “Colorado Bound” – Oh, don’t you leave me here

Cruise Control “Like A Bell” – get ready for the get down

Neil Young: “Big Crime” – no more, no more

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances

Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”