Tim Martin

Jerry Leger “Latent Uncovers”

April 20, 2023 Tim Martin 0

Intriguing covers choices given a respectful, energetic make over. The Cowboy Junkies have a an interesting way with choices of cover versions and have recorded a couple of EPs and albums of them. They have now […]

Bluegrass Briefs – April 2023

April 19, 2023 Tim Martin 0

This month’s set of Bluegrass related albums shows just how far a genre that was once seen as resolutely traditional and backward looking has come. With contemporary Country, Gypsy Jazz and English folk blending with the […]

Classic Americana Albums: JD Souther “John David Souther”

April 5, 2023 Tim Martin 2

Souther is probably better known as a songwriter rather than an artist in his own right. He co-wrote some of The Eagles best known songs including ‘Best of My Love’, ‘Heartache Tonight’, and ‘New Kid in […]

Live review: The Lost Trades, Chapel Arts Centre, Bath – 24th March 2023

April 3, 2023 Tim Martin 0

Chapel Arts in Bath is a former church in the city centre and has become one of the leading venues in the area for the type of shows that AUK featured in our Small venue Heroes […]

Paperback Riders – Barney Hoskyns “Hotel California”

April 3, 2023 Tim Martin 0

Subtitled “Singer-Songwriters and Cocaine Cowboys in the LA Canyons, 1967-1976”, this the story of how Country mixed with pop, rock and folk to create something new in the hills above Los Angeles. It’s also the story […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 4

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”