Tim Martin

Live Review: The 7 Hills Songwriters Festival, Assembly Rooms Bath, 16th March 2024

March 28, 2024 Tim Martin 0

The Assembly Rooms in Bath were the heart of fashionable society in 18th Century Bath. The Octagon Room, home to the main event today, gets a mention in Jane Austen and Charles Dickens and is one […]

Tyler Ramsey “Raven Shadow” – Listen

March 27, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Two delightful tunes that originally appeared on a 78 rpm disc, given a new life. In 2012, Tompkins Square Records invited then Band of Horses member Tyler Ramsey to record two songs for their Record Store […]

Sam Morrow “On the Ride Here”

March 21, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Roots rock, with more funk than you could hope for, the new album by Sam Morrow is a worthy successor to Lowell George’s Little Feat. “My favourite rock & roll is the stuff that has groove […]

Frontier Ruckus “On The Northline”

March 18, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Urban decay set to Banjos and 60s psych mean a welcome return for an always good band. Lead singer and lyricist Matthew Milia says new album ‘On The Northline’ was “inspired partly by the North Country […]

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, […]

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”