Tim Martin

Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

January 16, 2025 Tim Martin 1

When he reviewed the London production of ‘Girl from the North Country’ in 2018 AUK’s Jonathan Aird said: “Did an all-singing all-dancing Bob Dylan show ever seem likely? Still no. Does Girl from the North Country […]

Bluegrass Briefs: John Depew, High Horse, Trace & Baerd. Max Wareham

January 14, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A new year arrives with a batch of albums that stretch the Bluegrass genre to it’s limits. But it’s a style that has always thrived on experimentation, so it will always bounce back, whether from the […]

The Gordon Sharpe Americana Book Award 2024

January 10, 2025 Tim Martin 0

This is the second year of our tribute to our late colleague Gordon Sharpe. We felt that an award which recognised the cream of the new books we’ve reviewed over the previous year was a fitting […]

Carolyn Kendrick “Each Machine”

January 8, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A distinctly uneasy listen, but a thought-provoking signpost for the second quarter of the 21st century. Carolyn Kendrick is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and producer. She’s one of the many musicians who has stepped […]

Anniversary Cheers – Rain Parade’s “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” celebrates 40 years

December 18, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Although Michael Quercio of the band The Three O’Clock is credited with coining the term “Paisley Underground” Rain Parade’s debut ‘Emergency Third Rail Power Trip’ became the album that defined the sound. Released in early 1983 […]