Tim Martin

Steve Martin and Alison Brown “Safe, Sensible and Sane”

October 24, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A joyous set of songs built on collaboration where the principal players still have a place to shine. Banjoists Steve Martin and Alison Brown have called up a boatload of friends to guest on their album. […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Tim Martin

October 23, 2025 Tim Martin 2

My colleague Paul Kerr asked the key question in his entry for the Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time. What exactly is a great song? I took what might be seen as the coward’s way […]

Bluegrass Briefs: C.J. Lewandowski with Bobby Osborne, Echo Valley, The Onlies, The Unfaithful Servants, Wes Corbett.

October 21, 2025 Tim Martin 1

It may have been a while since our last look around the world of bluegrass, but there have been some great albums released over the summer and Autumn. Tradition is a big part of bluegrass. Even […]

Ladybird “Clementine”

October 20, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A mix of ’90s rock and country produces an album trying to be too many things to too many people. Country music is a strange thing. For something so rooted in tradition, it is often subject […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana songs about America

October 14, 2025 Tim Martin 13

Our writers continue to deliver articles for this popular Feature on an occasional basis. This week Tim Martin has an interesting take on the series. Americana as a genre spends a fair bit of time exploring […]

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”