Album Reviews
Paul Kelly “Christmas Train”
Australian Paul Kelly has recorded a view of Christmas for the world. The Christmas Album has a very mixed reputation in the UK, but in America, it is much more part of the cultural annual cycle, […]
Articles by Martin Johnson
Interviews
Interview: Thirty Tigers’ President David Macias on why they are only a quasi-label
How an enlightened attitude and a new business model helps bring major and developing artists’ music to market. David Macias is probably not a name that rings many bells with music fans, but if you have […]
Interviews
Interview: Joel King and Taylor Burns of the Wild Feathers talk americana rock’n’roll
How COVID and New West Records helped reinvigorate a ten-year-old band. The Wild Feathers are a band who have been playing americana infused rock’n’roll for ten years and are entering a new phase of maturity in […]
Album Reviews
Janet Batch “You Be The Wolf”
Classic country sounds with 21st Century lyrics from America’s Rust Belt Janet Batch is not quite what she seems. Her music is infused with the spirits of classic female country artists such as Patsy Cline and […]
Interviews
Interview: Charles Wesley Godwin on 21st Century Appalachia
How to build a career in folk americana away from Nashville. Appalachia holds a special place in the development of 20th Century American music through the recordings that were made of Appalachian musicians in the 1920s […]