Jonathan Aird

Suzanne Vega “Chambermaid” – and pickpocket?

April 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2

On this, the latest single from Suzanne Vega’s soon-to-be-released album ‘Flying With Angels‘ we find the coffee shop folk-rock rebel picking up crumbs and re-arranging the books on their shelves for the looming singer-songwriter genius of […]

Jim Basnight “Nazis Over There” – a janglepop warning from history

April 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest release from dedicated Power Pop generator Jim Basnight is the second single from his upcoming – and yet unnamed – album. The two songs making it up are ‘Nazis Over There’ and ‘So F’d […]

Oh My Sun “Apocalypse Baby”

April 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Light breezy pop folk covers some darker thoughts. Oh My Sun are a new London based duo consisting of songwriter/singer Carmondy and guitarist/producer Tal Janes and ‘Apocalypse Baby‘ is their debut release. The band’s name is […]

Lucky Lips “Salt Sails The Sea” – tears that make you up

April 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

What did Malin Pettersen do before she found fame under her own name? She fronted Lucky Lips, from 2010, and they are putting out their first release since 2016 – yes the old band is back […]

Foxwarren “Listen2me” – for once, or twice or

April 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

So, the last time we were talking about Foxwarren we’d remarked that ten years is a long time for an album to gestate, but that’s what passed between Andy Shauf, the fraternal rhythm section of Avery […]

Anniversary Cheers: JD Crowe & The New South and Boone Creek celebrate 50 years

August 18, 2026 0

Craft Recordings re-release two remastered ground-breaking bluegrass albums, one long out of print, and both on CD for the first time In the mid-1970s, bluegrass music was evolving from the traditional ensemble acoustic playing of artists […]

Dan Pye “Room 7, on the 7th”

August 18, 2026 0

An impressive modern folk debut where creativity shines through. London-based Dan Pye is a creative individual. Alongside Room 7, on the 7th, his debut album, he has produced films, zines, handmade copper etchings, a diptych and […]

Cover art for Eric Hgen album "Make Country Sad Again"

More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen

August 18, 2026 0

In his excellent review of the album Revival, published in these hallowed pages upon its release in 2023, my esteemed colleague Michael Macy compared the songs of Eric Hagen to those of the great American realist […]

Articles by Jonathan Aird

Suzanne Vega “Chambermaid” – and pickpocket?

Jim Basnight “Nazis Over There” – a janglepop warning from history

Oh My Sun “Apocalypse Baby”

Lucky Lips “Salt Sails The Sea” – tears that make you up

Foxwarren “Listen2me” – for once, or twice or

Anniversary Cheers: JD Crowe & The New South and Boone Creek celebrate 50 years

Dan Pye “Room 7, on the 7th”

More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen

Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth collaborative project to be released in October

Americana Stories – Terena Elizabeth Bell “As We Go Along”