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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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Live Review: Mercury Rev + Nina Savary, The Junction, Cambridge, 8th November 2024

November 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Mercury Rev are out touring their excellent new album “Born Horses” which raises all sorts of questions – the new album has a refreshed musical palette to support the new songs delivered by Jonathan Donahue in […]

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Ringo Starr “Thankful” – with bluegrass royalty on board

November 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Plucky Liverpudlian Ringo Starr is making a late-career bid to be the king of Americana with his upcoming and likely Grammy winning release ‘Look Up‘ and today’s track is the latest single from that album – […]

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Track Premiere: Dan Raza “Wasn’t That Enough For Me”

November 20, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

Two good breaks propelled Dan Raza forward – being picked while still a student to tour with Joan Armatrading, and being championed by Neil Young on his ‘Living With War‘ website.  He’s already released two albums […]

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Alison Brown and Steve Martin “Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)” – featuring Vince Gill

November 19, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

A new song from Alison Brown and her talented sidekick Steve Martin is always welcome.  Their latest collaboration began as a gentle clawhammer banjo melody and evolved into a wistful song about unrequited love, shimmering with […]

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Rhona Macfarlane “See You Grow” – you know we’re actually different people?

November 18, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Today’s song comes from the album ‘As The Chaos Unfolds‘ which Rhona Macfarlane will be releasing on January 24th.  The debut album by the Scottish singer was recorded in the Autumn of 2023 at Watercolour Studios […]

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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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Born in Hastings in 1965, Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding), took the name of the famous American outlaw, celebrated and misspelt by Bob Dylan, when he began performing in 1988. He adopted the alias while […]

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