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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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Lily Talmers “I Missed You Today” – maybe tomorrow?

November 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Lily Talmers has released a new single from her forthcoming album ‘It Is Cyclical, Missing You’ to be released January 30th. Raised in Michigan and based in Brooklyn, Talmers is a remarkably prolific songwriter; this will […]
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Kendall Lujan “Boston” – we have all been here before

November 28, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
And after all, we’d hardly be the first person to notice that there’s something going on in Portland, which seems to have a higher population density of sensitive and insightful singer-songwriters than just about anywhere else […]
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Track Premiere: Steve Forbert “Pour A Little Glitter On It, Baby”

November 27, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2
We don’t want to worry you, but Steve Forbert is edging towards his 70th birthday.  Yeah – where did the time go?  Anyway, that’s an event that Steve Forbert is celebrating in the most positive way […]
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Girl With A Hawk “Share It All” – pass it around….

November 26, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Girl With A Hawk are a Boston (Massachusetts) rock band led by Linda Viens, and their new single is that now rarity – a Covid song.  Yeah.  The overall theme of the song is one of […]
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Let’s Unpack The Haul… Once More…

November 25, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Another dull day another chance to re-run the trope of showing off the shiny bangles that one has purchased as we make an almost analogue model of the YouTube influencer video.  Here, though, the sales pitch […]

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Something for the weekend: Clem Snide “Where Have You Gone”

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June 19, 2026 1

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Americana Stories – Vicki Wilson “Keeping Warm”

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Classic Clips: Teddy Thompson “She Thinks I Still Care” – Transatlantic Sessions, 2013

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Something for the weekend: Clem Snide “Where Have You Gone”

June 19, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week and we can’t let today pass without acknowledging the massive sense of relief after last night. Maybe the Reform guy is a better plumber than politician, although you […]
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American Aquarium “New Ways To Lose”

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Twenty albums in and yet another hugely impressive release from American Aquarium. A look back through the Americana UK archives will find plenty of references to American Aquarium, including a very rare 10 out of 10 […]
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Shearwater return with “The New World” next month

June 19, 2026 0
Shearwater’s new album The New World will be released on 31st July 2026 via the band’s own Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. In the past quarter-century, Shearwater slyly became a distinctive, consistent and adventurous […]

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]
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Track Premiere: Kevin Buckley “Never Tire Of The Road”

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Kevin Buckley grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where his first musical direction was Irish traditional fiddle which he took up at the age of 9 going on to compete in fiddle contests in the USA […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: The Staples Singers “Respect Yourself”

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Cor blimey, guv’nor. It’s all kicking off in The EU at the moment. All the faces that we have come to know and love in the higher echelons of that organisation are, having worked their fingers […]

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