Album Reviews
Anna Anise “All That Magic”
An interesting debut that will find an audience within her community. Bristol has been a centre of independent music of all styles for a long time from trip hop to the indie-pop of Sarah Records. Anna […]
Articles by Tim Martin
AUK's Chain Gang
AUK’s Chain Gang: Rodney Crowell “Something Has To Change”
Last week on the Chain Gang I was introduced by Sean Hannam to Matt Hill, and his album ‘Return of the Idle Drones’. This is available exclusively via Hill’s Bandcamp page. Like many of the artists […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Little Feat “Waiting For Columbus”
Received wisdom has it that John Peel had stopped playing anything but punk by 1977. Not so. In February 1978 he devoted much of one show to songs from the new Little Feat live album. Recorded […]
Album Reviews
Stereo Naked “Unseen Course”
Unique voices come together to create a special album of varied songs and sounds. Sometimes an album comes out of nowhere that grabs you and says “listen.” Julia Zech (Banjo and Piano) and Pierce Black (Double […]
Features
What’s another year? Tim Martin looks back on 2021
While I’m not suggesting that Johnny Logan’s Eurovision winner was a best song of any year, 2021 has been a cracking year for Americana. Looking back at my album reviews I have given more 8 and […]