Tim Martin

Patterson Hood “Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0

The unexpected songs impress most on Hood’s fourth solo album. It’s not DBT, but it is an intriguing look at another side of an established name. For his first solo album in 12 years Patterson Hood […]

Reissue: Sukilove “Sukilove”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Gentle, pop inflected music with Alt.Country influences mixing with more European sounds. Belgicana? Belgian band Sukilove were built on the songs of singer Pascal Deweze and formed in 2001. After splitting in 2013, they came back […]

Classic Clips: The Delines “Maureen’s Gone Missing” 2022

February 21, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Recorded at Vanløse Stairway, Denmark. It’s a surprise, but a very pleasant one, that at my advanced age I can still get excited about the pending release of an album, or a tour, (or preferably both) […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart “Looking For The Thread”

February 17, 2025 Tim Martin 2

A collaboration which draws career best performances from each of the partners on songs which could only have been the work of all three. Combining the talents of three highly individual artists into one album can […]

Paperback Riders: Margaret Atwood “The Handmaid’s Tale”

February 10, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Where America might go next part 1. There are plenty of “what if” novels about which path the USA might take, and following our editor’s reflection on the 2024 US election Paperback Riders will examine some […]

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”