Martin Johnson

The Song Remains: Jerry Lee Lewis (1935 – 2022)

October 31, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Rock and roll originator with a true country soul heart. Jerry Lee Lewis’s death on 28th October at home in Nesbit, Mississippi, from pneumonia, marks the end of an era, as he was the last living […]

Interview: The Sadies’ Travis Good on the worst year of his life and their best album

October 25, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Dallas is still influencing The Sadies and touring is part of the healing process. Twenty-twenty-two should have been a career-high for The Sadies as after over twenty years together they had recorded their best album to […]

Townes Van Zandt’s “At My Window” to be reissued for 35th anniversary

October 25, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

The 35th anniversary limited-edition pressing of ’At My Window’ will be released next month. It finds folk/country singer/songwriter and guitarist Townes Van Zandt at the peak of his songwriting powers. Newly remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed on […]

Samuel James Taylor “Wild Tales and Broken Hearts”

October 19, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

A retro seventies classic singer-songwriter sound from Sheffield via 21st Century Nashville. Samuel James Taylor may hail from the Steel City, Sheffield, in God’s own county of Yorkshire, but to record his latest album after over […]

Interview: Chicago session singer and multi-instrumentalist Nora O’Connor on finding her heart

October 18, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Sharing band members with NRBQ and working with Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples. If you think you haven’t heard Nora O’Connor, but you have enjoyed the music coming out of Chicago over the last twenty years […]

Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0

There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 1

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

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