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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.
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Interview: Louis Michot on why it has taken over 20 years to release a solo album

November 28, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Louis Michot reveals himself to be more than simply a purveyor of Louisiana music. As a member of the Grammy award-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers and Michot’s Melody Makers singer-songwriter and fiddle player Louis Michot has released […]
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Interview: Danny O’Keefe on making circular turns and having a good time

November 21, 2023 Martin Johnson 4
Still writing new songs in his ninth decade and celebrating his catalogue. Singer-songwriters write songs, and that is exactly what Danny O’Keefe has been doing all his working life, and he is still doing it in […]
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Josh Radnor “Eulogy: Volume 1”

November 15, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Saying goodbye to parts of life and welcoming the start of new chapters. Though his name may not be that familiar to UK audiences, Josh Radnor is a successful American actor and producer who won an […]
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Interview: Corey Ledet on helping preserve the Louisiana dialect Kouri-Vini through songwriting

November 14, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Why language and culture enhance the authenticity of music. Corey Ledet is one of the leading Creole and zydeco musicians of his generation, with a Grammy nomination to prove it, and an Americana UK favourite. With […]
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Interview: Carla Olson on the joys of collaborating and producing

November 7, 2023 Martin Johnson 4
Celebrating a life of playing and listening to music and tipping her hat to Paladin. Carla Olson first came to the wider attention of the listening public with her band the Textones who were part of […]

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Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

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Something for the weekend: Starpainter “I Found a River”

June 12, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new video for a new song by Alberta-based sextet Starpainter which YES I KNOW we ran last week, but Jon […]
artwork for Kris Drever album "Doing This For Love"
Album Reviews

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

June 12, 2026 2
Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]
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Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

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Jesse Colin Young passed away just over a year ago, on the 16th of March, at the age of eighty-three. Born Perry Miller and raised in Queens, New York, to musical parents, Young initially found fame […]

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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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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 […]
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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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A dark and surreal outing for Southern Gothic sage Jim White as Mama Lucky, his long-neglected  2009 collaboration with Tucker Martine. Joined by a handful of friends in the studio, including singer Linda Delgado, Floridian singer-songwriter […]
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