Martin Johnson

Interview: Smoke Fairies’ Katherine Blamire on being “Carried In Sound”

February 20, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Learning production techniques from Head, Jack White and Phil EK and playing bin lids. Smoke Fairies, Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies have been releasing music for over 16 years and have been friends for much longer. […]

Interview: Clive Carroll on celebrating John Renbourn with “The Abbot”

February 16, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Renaissance music in the morning, Oliver Messiaen for lunch, and Merle Haggard at night. Clive Carroll is a leading British guitarist who was educated at London’s Trinity College of Music. However, he hasn’t let a formal […]

The Song Remains: Mojo Nixon (1957-2024)

February 12, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

From cow punk court jester to mainstream anarchist. Death is one of the few certainties in life, and the best any of us can hope for is a happy death, unfortunately, that is far from the […]

Interview: Ben De La Cour on “Sweet Anhedonia” and Jim White

February 6, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

How literature and heavy metal led to Kerrville and gothic americana. Ben De La Cour has been on a slow burn since leaving home at seventeen for various dead-end jobs before landing in Nashville in 2013 […]

The Song Remains: Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

February 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

An influential guitarist with rare integrity who made a tangible difference. Activist, film music composer, guitarist, proto-punk and MC5 founder Wayne Kramer died on the 2nd February 2024 from pancreatic cancer. At first glance, not many […]