Jonathan Aird

More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches

July 7, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Approaching this feature is always really difficult; starting from a position of identifying someone that the wider world doesn’t know well enough and that their lives would be enriched by, if only they had a wider […]

Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet

July 7, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

If you like your folk-rock with a hint of jangle, then you’re going to like the new single from Tough Old Bird, who, we note, we last featured on Americana UK way back in 2019. Back […]

Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

July 6, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

A Light To Come Home To is the shining opening song on the new album, Vandals, Thieves & Lovers, from Lisa Bouchelle, and it features two special contributors, with Amanda Shires on violin and Larry Campbell […]

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

July 3, 2026 Jonathan Aird 3

No doubt some really clued up expert on the Rolling Thunder Revue can pinpoint the actual evening that this clip comes from, but enough to say that it is footage captured whilst Joni Mitchell was on […]

Eric Andersen “Stand Up And Resist” – what will you risk?

July 3, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Tomorrow’s a special day in America, and today we have a song that’s all about the America that Eric Andersen loves. A land where healthcare might be recognised as a right, a land where Freedom is […]

Something for the weekend: Passenger “It Was Gonna Be You”

August 14, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Passenger out today called It Was Gonna Be You which doesn’t really have a whole lot of […]

artwork for Aaron Lee Tasjan album Get Over It, Underdog

Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”

August 14, 2026 0

A broad-spectrum listening experience packed with vibrant, timeless songs. Aaron Lee Tasjan sought counsel from his longstanding friend and mentor, the late great Todd Snider, to help loosen the shackles of imposter syndrome that were tying […]

Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”

August 14, 2026 0

George Takei’s 1994 autobiography, To the Stars, is rather more than a standard Hollywood memoir. Whilst it does cover his years on the USS Enterprise in detail, the more interesting aspects lie in the exploration of […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches

Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet

Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

Eric Andersen “Stand Up And Resist” – what will you risk?

Something for the weekend: Passenger “It Was Gonna Be You”

Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”

Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”

Classic Clips: Julian Taylor “Friend Of The Devil” – LIVE at SiriusXM, 2019

The Morning Line polish up their Stars on a new label and look to the future