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About Jonathan Aird
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
News

Bob Dylan – New album announced

February 1, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Of course it’s always a pleasure to hear that there’s a new Bob Dylan studio album on the way – especially when the last one wasn’t so very long ago.  And pleasure becomes thrill when it […]
Live Reviews

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry, Union Chapel, London, 16th January 2017

January 30, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Serendipity – it happens all the time, that accidental crossing of life’s tentative threads that seem to indicate something significant when a connection is made. Travelling in London by train one inevitably comes into contact with […]
Album Reviews

The Dream “Get Dreamy” (Round 2, 2017)

January 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
There is an almost limitless appetite amongst vinyl addicts for the ever more obscure or rare item released on their favoured medium and in their preferred musical genres. So there will be at least a muted […]
Album Reviews

Various Artists “The Musical Mojo of Dr John” (Concord Records, 2016)

January 13, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Mac Rebennack strolled on stage at the Last Waltz to the words “You all know the doctor, Dr, John ? Mac Rebennack. Come on Mac !” And if you didn’t, well you soon did as he […]
Album Reviews

Mikko Joensuu “Amen-2” (Svart Records, 2016)

January 12, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Mikko Joensuu has set himself a daunting task – to release a trilogy of albums in the space of a year. Having been brought up in his native Finland with a strong religious background, the album […]

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Rayland Baxter

After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

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Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

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Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

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

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Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”

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Rayland Baxter
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After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

September 2, 2026 0
Rayland Baxter’s new album, True Violet, will be released on 23rd October 2026 via ATO Records. he feels like the first time he’s truly found it. It is his first album in more than four years. […]
Album Reviews

Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

September 2, 2026 0
Vintage country music at its very best. One of the joys of good music of any genre is its ability to transport you to another time and another place. The new album by Dom Glynn and […]
Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"
Album Reviews

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 […]

  • After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October
  • Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”
  • 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
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Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Tim Martin

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At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few weeks our writers have been going through the mental anguish of trying to narrow the whole history […]
Tracks

Ardentjohn “Hey Boy” – doing all right in the sunshine

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And, not for the first time we want to say “Hey Girl, Superstar DJs…here we go“, but let’s not fall into that cliché.  Especially when it would be so inappropriate since what we have here is […]
Videos

Video: Kung Fu Hippies “Northwoods Boy”

January 22, 2021 0
Here is the first original single release of 2021 from the Minneapolis-based Kung Fu Hippies.  Their homegrown brand of Americana rock is infectious, with a rhythmic acoustic strum and strong percussion and bass lines driving the […]

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