Tim Martin

Bluegrass Briefs – Sister Sadie, Under The Rocks , Bela Fleck

March 6, 2024 Tim Martin 1

Our first round up of 2024 brings 3 constrasting albums from the nearest and furthest reaches of Bluegrass… Sister Sadie ‘No Fear’ The last Sister Sadie album was over 5 years ago and, in that time, […]

Classic Americana Albums: Lou Ann Barton “Old Enough”

February 28, 2024 Tim Martin 1

In 1982 Linda Ronstatdt’s ‘Get Closer’ failed to go platinum and it looked like her career might have peaked. Jerry Wexler of Elektra/Asylum Records had found Lou Ann Barton working with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble, […]

The Gordon Sharpe Americana Book Award 2023

February 28, 2024 Tim Martin 4

In May 2022 we lost one of our own. Gordon Sharpe’s pieces for AUK were always a pleasure to read. Having met at our get together in Clitheroe in 2020, we exchanged messages about the music, […]

The future of live music is in our hands

January 31, 2024 Tim Martin 0

The BBC ran an item on their website last week: “Grassroots live music venues suffer ‘most challenging year’, report says.” The BBC loves a negative news story, and there’s no getting away from the fact that venues […]

Taxing times for music…

January 30, 2024 Tim Martin 2

Taxation of music is inevitable; it is a business after all and Government will always want their share of the pie, however small that pie is. But when taxation in one form or another impacts a […]

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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0

An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0

The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

artwork for The Montvales album "Path Of Totality"

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0

Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

Articles by Tim Martin

Bluegrass Briefs – Sister Sadie, Under The Rocks , Bela Fleck

Classic Americana Albums: Lou Ann Barton “Old Enough”

The Gordon Sharpe Americana Book Award 2023

The future of live music is in our hands

Taxing times for music…

Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

Andy Thomas “Highway Junkie”