Tim Martin

Classic Clips: Rich Hopkins & Luminarios “Paraguay” – Norderstedt, 2019

June 20, 2025 Tim Martin 1

Having done a two-year stint with the Peace Corps in Paraguay during his youth, Rich Hopkins returned to meet the family he had been involved with in the 1990s. That resulted in his album “Paraguay”, which […]

Tucker Zimmerman “Music By River Words By Ear”

June 18, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Raw, beautiful poetry, which works wonderfully when backed by similarly simple acoustic tunes. Violinist and songwriter Tucker Zimmerman has lived in Belgium since 1970. Now in his 80s, he has maintained what one press release called […]

Cat Terrones “Shelter In Our Beauty”

June 9, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A first album which shows promise, we can look forward to seeing how her writing evolves. Los Angeles native Cat Terrones grew up watching whales and swimming in the Pacific. That has given her a feel […]

Paperback Riders: Allen Steele “Coyote”

May 30, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Where America Might Go Next Part 2. Allen Steele’s ‘Coyote,’ published in 2002, marks the beginning of one of the best science fiction series of the last 25 years. It is 2070, and The United Republic […]

Live Review: Boulder Fields, The Bell, Bath – 20th May 2025

May 29, 2025 Tim Martin 0

AUK writer Cam Fraser has a distinguished past playing in several bands and in 2024 he released the first album under the Boulder Fields name. Adding a West Coast sparkle to his unmistakeably Scottish sound, it […]

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

September 21, 2026 2

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”