Martin Johnson

Forgotten Artists – The Hacienda Brothers

March 9, 2020 Martin Johnson 2

The Hacienda Brothers were heading for commercial success having built a growing live following and being nominated as Band Of The Year in the 2007 Americana Music Awards when their front man and co-founder Chris Gaffney […]

Forgotten Artists – Country Gazette

March 5, 2020 Martin Johnson 9

The early ’70s were an exciting time for anyone with the slightest interest in the emerging country-rock genre. Dylan’s recent records together with those of The Band had really sparked an awareness, and other leading groups […]

The Song Remains: Chris Darrow 1944-2020

March 2, 2020 Martin Johnson 4

Chris Darrow’s death on 15th January from complications following a stoke received coverage across the American music press reflecting his involvement with some of the most influential artist of the ‘60s and early ‘70s. Recognised by […]

Kev Minney “Modern Stories” (Independent, 2020)

February 20, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Kev Minney is a 37 year-old guitarist and singer-songwriter born in Northampton and now based in Brighton. He spent the early part of his musical career as a guitarist and in 2015 started his singer-songwriter career […]

Classic Americana Compilations “Silver Meteor – A Progressive Country Anthology” (Sierra Records, 1980)

February 19, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

What makes a great compilation? Good music is a must obvious, the historical importance of some of the tracks, certainly, rare and forgotten tracks and artists that nevertheless capture an elusive something that was in the […]