Features
Discovering Joni
In a timely piece as she is named MusiCares’ Person of the Year for 2022, Tim Martin as a late convert finds that there is a Joni Mitchell album for every mood. Joni Mitchell’s career has […]
Articles by Tim Martin
Album Reviews
Ava Earl “The Roses”
Delicate textures of strings and guitars showcase some excellent songs. A talent for the future. Discovering that Earl’s album was produced by JT Nero of the Birds of Chicago came as little surprise. The first song ‘Springtime’ […]
Interviews
Interview: Maria Muldaur on inventing Americana, songwriting and royalties
From New York hippie chick to grande dame of American roots music. She started out as a New York hippie jug band chick playing with David Grisman and John Sebastian in the Even Dozen Jug Band […]
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember (and one to forget): Two sides of Van Morrison
The gig going experience is often about factors unrelated to the music. After 20 years with M.E. I have learnt that standing up for two hours to watch something indifferent is not for me, and to […]
Album Reviews
Orion Walsh “So Many Places to See”
Enjoyable, narrative songs, just lacking that something extra in a year of great music. Orion Walsh has released seven albums over the last decade. His press assures us that ‘So Many Places to See’ is “brimming […]