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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?
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Track Premiere: My Girl The River “Up The Mountain”

April 2, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today we have an early listen to the third single from the next My Girl The River album Manifest Good Things (due this September) which brings a slightly different sound to the family band.  There’s a somewhat […]
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Eilen Jewell “Deportee” – a timely cover

April 1, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today it’s good news and bad news – the first being that Eilen Jewell has a new single out, and the second being that it is accompanied by the announcement that after twenty years of touring […]
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Alison Brown & Steve Martin “New Cluck Old Hen” – features Della Mae

March 31, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Here’s a great new tune from youthful banjo prodigy Steve Martin and the even more youthful banjo prodigy Alison Brown.  That’s two banjos – so you know that we’re deep into the real Americana – we […]
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Crys Matthews “Forged In Fire” – won’t back down

March 30, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Appropriately enough, Forged in Fire, the new song from Crys Matthews, was released on No Kings Day, the new national holiday they’re having over there across the Atlantic.  The social justice warrior, proud Black woman, and […]
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Susto Stringband “Hard Drug” – visions of death

March 27, 2026 Jonathan Aird 1
Seems to be our week for stringbands, but that’s ok. Susto, the alt-country group led by frontman Justin Osborne, have announced the release of Susto Stringband (Volume 2) on May 29 via Missing Piece Records. It’s […]

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Shakey Graves ploughs his own furrow in atmospheric and enigmatic fashion with songs and a sound which draw you in. He may have a name which sounds as if he should be a cemetery worker in […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Fred Neil

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Sometimes, an artist is underrated because they just got here. There simply wasn’t any time. But sometimes the dust has settled, and yet where are the fireworks, the winging cherubs crying “Mercy!”? Nowhere to be found. […]
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Nashville resident Crys Matthew is a troubadour of truth – and is one of the most strident voices for social justice in a time when some of her fellow citizens are not so bothered with a […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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The new video from Kyshona, a performance of ‘More in Common’ recorded live at The Blueroom Studios, is strikingly, disarmingly beautiful. And just as beautiful as the music are Kyshona’s heartfelt words and the themes of […]
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