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About Tim Martin
Sat in my shed listening to music, and writing about some of it. Occasionally allowed out to attend gigs.
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Henry James “Washington Square”

February 19, 2026 Tim Martin 1
Henry James’s Washington Square has been described as “one of the most psychologically acute novels in nineteenth-century American literature.” Published in 1880, during James’s middle period, it lacks the complexity of his later works but has a […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Cowboy Junkies “Sweet Jane”

February 16, 2026 Tim Martin 1
The TV series Stranger Things has become a place for songs of all sorts to find a new place in the sun. Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill and Peter Gabriel’s cover of Heroes amongst many […]
Album Reviews

Kashus Culpepper “Act 1”

February 3, 2026 Tim Martin 0
A debut packing many aspects of his musical personality into an album, which shows promise. Elton John has apparently claimed on his podcast that Alabama artist Kashus Culpepper is what would happen, “if Bill Withers made […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: How many Gene Parsons bios do we need? The book bots are taking over Amazon

January 28, 2026 Tim Martin 3
For anyone interested in americana, The Byrds matter. We’ve covered biographies of Gram Parsons and Gene Clark in our Paperback Riders strand, and (spoiler alert) we’ll be looking at Johnny Rogan’s band bio ‘Timeless Flight’ soon. […]
Book Reviews

The Gordon Sharpe Americana UK Book Award 2025

January 16, 2026 Tim Martin 6
We are now into year 3 of our celebration of the best books we reviewed in the previous year. To learn why we have named it for our still missed colleague you can read AUK editor […]

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

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Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

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Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

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Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”

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Tracks

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]
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Album Reviews

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1
Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]
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Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0
Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

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  • Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album
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Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2
At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Leon Russell “Hank Wilson’s Back Vol 1” (Shelter Records, 1973)

October 28, 2020 4
These days, not many people are aware of Leon Russell’s music and while fans of americana may recognise the name of one of the architects of the genre, even most americana fans are more familiar with […]
Tracks

Feral Conservatives “One More Chance” – Listen

October 24, 2017 1
With the production assistance of Jon Auer (part of reunion era Big Star) Feral Conservatives have captured the Power Pop vibe perfectly on this muscular cut from their new album Better Lives (due November 3rd). Distinguished […]
Album Reviews

The Pedaljets “Twist the Lens” (Electric Moth Records, 2020)

February 13, 2020 0
Americana is now a very broad church, and The Pedaljets are very much at the outer rock edge of it. Singer Mike Allmayer has a definite touch of Tom Petty about his voice and songs like […]

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