Tim Martin

Anniversary Cheers: The Delines “The Scenic Sessions” gets a wider release for its 10th birthday

January 13, 2026 Tim Martin 0

Having topped the annual writers’ poll for album of the year and made number 3 with our readers for their 2025 offering “Mr Luck and Ms Doom”, you’d think it might be time for The Delines […]

Haunted Like Human “American Mythology”

January 13, 2026 Tim Martin 0

Songs which respect tradition without being bound by it, this is American folk at its best. On first listen you might assume that ‘Eurydice’ which opens “American Mythology” was the product of an English folk duo. […]

Classic Clips: Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter “Come To Mary” – Live at KEXP, 1st August 2011

December 19, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Reading Andy Davisdon’s excellent review of their new album at AUK last week reminded me about Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. She appeared (at least as far as I was concerned) with 2002’s “Reckless Burning”. […]

Paperback Riders: Southern Writers and the bleaker bits of Christmas

December 16, 2025 Tim Martin 0

For 2023’s festive ‘Paperback Riders‘, we looked at ‘A Christmas Carol‘ and why it is the best-loved seasonal book in the USA, despite being so quintessentially English. Maybe it’s Charles Dickens’s ghosts and redemption themes, or […]

Reasons to be cheerful for 2026 – Live music, independent artists, and Americana UK…

December 11, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Music Venue Properties was started by The Music Venue Trust and “focuses on removing venues from vulnerable leases by purchasing the freehold of the buildings and placing them into community ownership.” They recently acquired The Croft […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 1

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”