Jonathan Aird

Juanita Stein “The Weightless Hour”

February 19, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Haunted by the past – and looking to a vengeful future. With a fourth solo album it’s probably time to stop routinely mentioning that Juanita Stein fronted Howling Bells – particularly when considering that the band […]

Jason Isbell “Foxes In The Snow” – all the faces of love

February 19, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Foxes In the Snow’ is the new song from Jason Isbell, it’s also the title track of his new solo album out March 7th via Southeastern Records. And, let’s be honest, that’s probably all we need […]

Fionn Regan “Two Sides” – Up and Down and still somehow…

February 18, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

As we reported a while back Fionn Regan has a new album ‘O Avalanche‘ and an extensive tour in 2025. Today’s song might make the latter but it didn’t make the former – and so is […]

Charles Wesley Godwin “It’s The Little Things” – best things in life are free…

February 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

Well, Charles Wesley Goodwin would like to persuade one and all that in fact it is the string of little wins – like the first sip of coffee in the morning – that are the things […]

Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Church, London, 23rd January 2025

February 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

And at last the bad weather had arrived. After a couple of nights at the Evening Music Showcases where there had been a distinct absence of snow or even rain and things had barely been chilly […]

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 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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