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About Martin Johnson
I've been a music obsessive for more years than I care to admit to. Part of my enjoyment from music comes from discovering new sounds and artists while continuing to explore the roots of American 20th century music that has impacted the whole of world culture.
Album Reviews

Kim Richey “Every New Beginning”

May 22, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Songs with a twist from a singer-songwriter at the top of her game. Kim Richey’s songwriting and vocals have been appreciated by and influenced a host of other artists, including Brandi Carlile, Trisha Yearwood, Jason Isbell, […]
Interviews

Interview: The Secret Sisters Laura Rogers and Lydia Slagle talk about “Mind, Man, Medicine”

May 21, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
The songwriting influence of motherhood and going back home to The Shoals to record. The Secret Sisters have grown up and come home, and their new album, ‘Mind, Man, Medicine’, is the tangible proof of this. […]
Interviews

Interview: Kim Richey on “Every New Beginning”

May 14, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Why writing songs and making demos is a fun thing to do even after 30 years. Anybody who takes an interest in country, americana and folk will have at least come across Kim Richey’s name in […]
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Interview: Phillip Lammonds on “Cowboy Things”

May 7, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Finding a voice to sing his own songs with a little help from his friends and supporters. Unless you read track and album credits carefully you may not have heard of Phillip Lammonds, but those in […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Donnie Fritts Songs

May 2, 2024 Martin Johnson 2
Country soul is one of the great sub-genres of music and is a cornerstone of what subsequently became called americana, and it does what it says on the tin, it mixes country and soul music. What […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 240 “Aging”

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Last weekend saw me sail through another birthday unscathed, just about. There was a gathering to celebrate this one calendar year closer to the worm-filled sod, and the photo attached bears witness to my joy at […]
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Elles Bailey “Back To You” – to you, to me, to you

June 15, 2026 0
Well, we start the week with a real treat for all those fans of americana favourite Elles Bailey: a new, non-album single release. Originally recorded at the same time as the album Can’t Take My Story […]
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Video: Mackenzie Shivers “One Headlight” – music locked inside that needs out

June 15, 2026 0
Be absorbed by One Headlight, the recent single from Mackenzie Shivers. Gentle notes of piano draw us in quietly, while subtle instrumentation adds textures and depths, and One Headlight grows slowly and steadily into a deeply affecting […]

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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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 0
With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
Interviews

Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

June 5, 2026 1
Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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Elliott Brood “Ghost Gardens” (Paper Bag Records, 2017)

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Elliott Brood are a three piece band – musicians Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet and Stephen Pitkin – who hail from Ontario, Canada and “Ghost Gardens” is their sixth full length studio album and the first since […]
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Video: Kirsten Adamson “Take Me As I Am”

September 13, 2023 0
Throughout Kirsten Adamson’s latest video, a repeated question flashes on the screen: “Does Kirsten have too many feelings?”  This intriguing question is part of the 1980s-style game show that Adamson travels back in time to participate in […]
Album Reviews

Ric Robertson “Carolina Child”

July 29, 2021 0
An electric mix of songs with some impressive collaborators makes for an enjoyable journey. For many years Ric Robertson has made his home happily in New Orleans, revelling in the crackling vibrancy of cultures but as […]

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