Tim Martin

Leftover Salmon “Grass Roots”

June 14, 2023 Tim Martin 0

An ideal introduction to the energetic blend of styles that makes up one of today’s best bluegrass bands. On their new project, Leftover Salmon reflect on their bluegrass and festival roots with a set of songs […]

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit “Weathervanes”

June 9, 2023 Tim Martin 2

Epic ambition fully achieved on an album that is another classic to add to a catalogue already filled with great work. As the winner of our writers’ poll of Americana albums of the 21st Century and […]

Bluegrass Briefs – The Tennessee Warblers, Zoe & Cloyd, Tim O’Brien, Boone & Foster

June 6, 2023 Tim Martin 0

The number of releases that fit into even a broad description of “Bluegrass” can vary month to month. This time we have a selection that reflects the traditions of Bluegrass and looks back to its influences […]

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia “As We Speak”

May 31, 2023 Tim Martin 0

Bluegrass as world music, master musicians exploring new ways of combining sounds and styles. If Americana, or indeed America, is anything it is a fusion of influences combining to make something new. In this case Bluegrass […]

Paperback Riders – Joe Boyd “White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s”

May 31, 2023 Tim Martin 2

We’ve read several books that show America looking at itself, so what about an American who spent a lot of time involved with the music scene on the right-hand side of the pond? In the last […]