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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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Folk Tracks Roundup – March 2025

March 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
What a month it has been for folk, with great gigs and new albums looming for review.  But here on folk tracks the big excitement has been in the variety of songs and tunes coming the […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, London Palladium – 5th March 2025

March 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2
The London Palladium is certainly a very nice venue, not one that the music fan might immediately think of but there are upcoming gigs from Patti Smith and Graham Nash and the last gig I caught […]
Tracks

Logan Richard “Rolodex” – you know my name, look up my number

March 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Logan Richard is one of music’s rarest creatures—a compelling and diverse songwriter who shreds. The Prince Edward Island born-and-based artist has been sharpening both skills since he first picked up the guitar as a pre-teen – […]
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Hannah Rose Platt “Curious Mixtures” – giving voice to the unsung heroines

March 13, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
This is… we haven’t checked… we’re pretty sure… the first song we’ve featured that draws on the history of the development of the complex relationship between women and medicine throughout history and in particular the role […]
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Little Lore “The River” – flow, flow to the sea

March 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Today one of relatively rare examples of Americana that originates in the UK.  You’d think there would be a lot more, and whilst we have a number of “regulars” it’s always good to expand that number.  […]

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

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Dan Pye “Room 7, on the 7th”

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

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

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Anniversary Cheers

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 […]
Album cover artwork for Dan Pye "Room 7 on the 7th"
Album Reviews

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"
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen

August 18, 2026 2
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 […]

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  • 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”
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy releases live album “Ghosts of American Psychonauts” in September
  • Riley Downing “Landfill Poetry”
  • Pauline Reese and Willie Nelson “Trail of Tears” – life has not been easy
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Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
Interviews

Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Amy Rigby “Girl To Country: A Memoir”

April 24, 2026 2
The second volume of Amy Rigby’s memoirs picks up the story where we left her in Girl To City.  The earlier book was “set in a ramshackle twentieth century New York world of homemade clubs and […]
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Album Reviews

The Montvales “Born Strangers”

February 9, 2024 0
Subtle, beautiful observations and a blast of activism. There are a few videos out there showing this folk duo performing together. Their songs are a pleasant mix of banjo-and-guitar coupled with very nice harmonies. Make no […]
Album Reviews

Amy Rigby “Hang In There With Me”

August 12, 2024 0
Corrosive and seductive in equal measure, Amy Rigby’s triumphant return is to be celebrated. Amy Rigby’s music comes from the DIY punk ethic of exploring your art through the everyday. Finding art in the rhythms of […]

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