Features
Discovering… Tom Waits
Some artists just have to find the right time to filter their way into your consciousness. For me one of those is Tom Waits. He’s popped up at various times over the years. The Old Grey […]
Articles by Tim Martin
Album Reviews
Phil Hooley “Songs from The Back Room”
A voice full of character singing some great country-flavoured songs, played by a fine band. Phil Hooley has one of those voices, as smooth as melted chocolate and able to wrap itself around a lyric and […]
Album Reviews
Steve Grozier “All That’s Been Lost”
A talent realised with a set of songs that demand repeated playing. The distant pedal steel that opens ‘Twenty-Third Street’, the first song on ‘All That’s Been Lost’ drops you instantly in the prairie, but it’s […]
Features
Discovering Springsteen
Always be careful what you commit to in writing. In my review of 2020 I said: “If ‘Western Stars’ and ‘Letter to You’ haven’t convinced me of the merits of Springsteen then I guess nothing will”. […]
Features
The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Fender Telecaster
Rick Bayles, Editor of the Unsung Heroes series writes: “The Fender brand is 75 years old this year (founded in Fullerton, California in 1946). For this week’s look at Unsung Heroes of Americana, Tim Martin takes a […]