Tim Martin

Surge and the Swell “Offering”

March 17, 2022 Tim Martin 0

The songwriting and singing never drop below excellent on a solid debut album. After a couple of years of “lockdown albums” we seem to be moving beyond them to rather more optimistic songwriting. Surge and the […]

The Other Side of Me: Tim Martin takes us across the Channel to explore the delights of France Gall

March 16, 2022 Tim Martin 0

If the English-speaking world thinks of her at all, France Gall is best known for winning the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest with a Serge Gainsbourg song ‘Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son‘. The French sixties Ye-Ye […]

Classic Clips: Cowboy Junkies – “Common Disaster” 1996

March 4, 2022 Tim Martin 0

If you had a penny for every break up song in the world, you would have a lot of pennies. Cowboy Junkies normally perceptive lyrics are especially on target here. “A candle burning for everything I’ve […]

Discovering… Nanci Griffith

February 28, 2022 Tim Martin 2

There are artists who you know you ought to like but it’s hard to find the connection to their music, or they just pass you by for some reason. For me Nanci Griffith fell into that […]

The Delines “The Sea Drift”

February 22, 2022 Tim Martin 0

A set of bleak, cinematic, country soul short stories. Oscar winning material. The Delines have described themselves in the past as a “retro-country band.” On ‘The Sea Drift’ you can see why. Built around guitarist/writer Willy […]

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

September 21, 2026 2

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”