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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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Rosa Bordallo “I Feel Numb” – and not comfortably

December 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Rosa Bordallo (f/k/a Manett) is a singer-songwriter and a Chamorro from the island of Guam. She has been living in New York City since the age of 19, and has written, recorded, and released several albums […]

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Jingle Bells Friday – who fancies ice skating?

December 6, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, it’s actually December, the first mince pie has been consumed, someone’s hunting for the remains of last year’s eggnog (good luck with that), and those same old decorations have been retrieved from their storage place […]

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The Unthanks “In Winter”

December 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s bleak in the mid-winter. Into the increasingly crowded market for folk renditions of wintery themed songs and reworked and reimagined carols comes ‘In Winter‘ the latest release from The Unthanks.  It, quite cannily, is available […]

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Denison Winter “Focus Ring” – what kinda guy am I?

December 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Generosity of spirit is the underlying message  on Denison Winter’s new single ‘Focus Ring’.  it’s taken from his upcoming album ‘Anything At All’, a lyric heard often in this song.  The new album was produced by […]

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Book Review: Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell “Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song”

December 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, this is a hefty tome, an oversized hardback running to more than 250 pages, with something of the whiff of the academic about it – a meticulous study of Springsteen’s officially released oeuvre, to date, […]

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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The album ‘Bad Luck and Love‘ sees Birmingham Alabama singer-songwriters Sarah Lee Langford and Will Stewart join forces to produce music that is redolent of the whisky-soaked honkytonk and the downtone rough and ready blues bar.  […]

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