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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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The Song Remains: Dwight Twilley (1951-2023)

October 20, 2023 Martin Johnson 6
Power Pop original who influenced future generations of musicians. There has been a sense of shock in the music world with the announcement that Dwight Twilley has departed this life. Dwight Twilley with his friend Phil […]
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Glen Hansard “All That Was East Is West Of Me Now”

October 18, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Age just makes Glen Hansard’s artistic light burn brighter. Irish rock band The Frames have released seven studio albums, and with ‘All That Was East Is West Of Me Now’ their frontman, Glen Hansard notches up […]
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Interview: Cat Clyde on how blues, jazz and country move her

October 17, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Singing as a child grounded her and Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, and Bobbie Gentry inspired her. The term singer-songwriter is used with abandon within the americana and folk genres but there are only a few artists […]
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Americana Vinyl Treasures: T-Bone Burnett “Proof Through The Night”

October 17, 2023 Martin Johnson 2
It is sometimes forgotten just how little information was available to the dedicated music fan with an increasing obsession with roots American music in the early ‘80s. Demon Records, and its subsidiaries, were like a beacon […]
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Interview: Thea Gilmore on how a few beats helped release the real Thea Gilmore

October 10, 2023 Martin Johnson 8
Afterlight represented the start of a regeneration. Thea Gilmore is 20 albums and 25 years into her career which on the face of it is not the most obvious point to release her eponymous album, particularly […]

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Norma “Country Catering”

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More People Really Should Know More About: Todd Thibaud

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Norma “Country Catering”

March 31, 2026 0
West Coast Americana from Norway’s Mississippi. The Østfold county is dubbed by some as Norway’s Mississippi, as the country’s longest river, the Glomma, flows through its densely populated lowland area on its way to the Oslo […]
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More People Really Should Know More About: Todd Thibaud

March 31, 2026 0
Todd Thibaud was born to be a musician. Genuinely. How many people can have their kindergarten teacher tell them that their beloved child was going to be a musician? He managed to get a guitar at […]
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Roswell Road “Rebel Joy”

March 31, 2026 0
Introspective harmony-drenched folk americana with a message and a heart. Why are some harmonies so pleasing to the human ear? Actually, to the human brain. A physicist might answer that it is due to simple mathematical […]

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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

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Sturgill Simpson announces new album under new name

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Sturgill Simpson is releasing a new album under a new name, Johnny Blue Skies, and an extensive US tour, his first for four years.  The album, ‘Passage du Desir’, is out on 12th July 2024 on […]
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The Wildwood Family “Random Number”

November 27, 2023 0
The Bluegrass Abba? Yes, please! Sometimes, what you’re expecting isn’t what you get; and when what you’re expecting is something good, and what you get is something even better, then that’s gold dust.  Founded in 2008, […]
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The First Time: Tim Martin – The Boomtown Rats Colston Hall, Bristol 28th June1978

March 23, 2023 2
By the summer of 1978 the sting had largely gone out of punk if the cool bits of the music press were to be believed. However, a bunch of 14-year-olds in the suburbs of Bristol hadn’t […]

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