Jonathan Aird

Icarus Phoenix “Pedantic Myopia” – pedantic? Moi?

January 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The prolific Drew Danburry has penned another excellent new single for his band Icarus Phoenix – current lineup: Drew Danburry (gtr/vox), Eli Sims (drums), Leena Rhodes (gtr/vox/synth), Brendan Russell (bass) and Peyton Rodeffer (gtr/vox/etc) – the […]

The Federales “Cardboard Cocaine” – addictive simple gambling…

January 23, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Benjamin Miller of The Federales says of ‘Cardboard Cocaine’ that “I was hanging out with a buddy of mine from high school, and he mentioned that he and his wife were going to the bar every […]

Nina Nesbitt “Caledonia” – take me home folky roads

January 22, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Nina Nesbitt has released a cover of Dougie Maclean’s ‘Caledonia‘ in advance of her appearance at BBC Scotland’s Burns Night celebrations on January 25th. It’s a beautifully evocative performance of the song that sees her join […]

Track Premiere: Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill “A Thousand Times”

January 21, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

Today’s Track Premiere comes from a pair of musicians who have played in what can only be described as legendary bands. Vicki Peterson was a founder member of The Bangles, and later on in the Psycho […]

Folk Roundup – Club Debris, Susy Wall, Rheingans Sisters, Eve Goodman, Thorpe & Morrison

January 20, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Welcome to the first edition of Folk Roundup for 2025 – with a variety of bands and singers to feature with a strong British folk showing, and a sub-text of Welsh singer-songwriters, albeit with not a […]

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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