Martin Johnson

Interview: Simeon Hammond Dallas on developing an independent roots music career

September 13, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Jeff Beck’s open guitar sound has influenced the eclectic approach of this Camden Town based singer-songwriter. Camden Town originally was a transport and industrial centre of Greater London but it has subsequently transitioned to an arts […]

Interview: Freedy Johnston on his basic urge to write songs

September 7, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Don’t tweet and get your music from the radio. It can be hard sometimes to explain exactly what a singer-songwriter does and what the dynamics are around the creative process. Freedy Johnston has been called a […]

The Song Remains: Wes Freed (1964 – 2022)

September 7, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Southern Gothic inspired artist who gave The Drive-By Truckers a perfect iconography. The Drive-By Truckers are one of the iconic americana bands and a key part of The Truckers’ iconography is the artwork of Richmond, Virginia, […]

Interview: Cricket and Waylor Gordon Payne on J J Cale, Tulsa, and a life well spent

September 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Side man to musical legends, a successful songwriter with a classic album to re-release. Gordon Payne’s time as a musician was spent largely as a sideman. He recorded one solo album, 1978’s ‘Gordon Payne’ which was […]

The Other Side Of Me: Martin Johnson on the musical world opened up by Miles Davis’s “On The Corner”

August 30, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

If you were a young music fan in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s there was every possibility that you would have heard of a lot more music and artists than you had managed to actually […]