Tim Martin

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Martin

February 17, 2022 Tim Martin 3

It can be easy to wallow in the past with so many classic albums to choose from, but as my much younger colleague Kimberley Bright pointed out in her entry in this series, so many artists […]

William Russell Wallace “Confidence Man”

February 11, 2022 Tim Martin 0

Rock n Roll to make you dance and character-driven songs to make you think. If there’s a blueprint for the perfect album then rule number one must be to have a great opening track, and William […]

Gabriel Moreno 2022 The Year of the Rat album cover

Gabriel Moreno “The Year of the Rat”

February 7, 2022 Tim Martin 0

Thought provoking words about the struggles of life, over a sparse intimate soundtrack A quote from Cerys Matthews is front and centre of all Moreno’s publicity. “An offshoot of Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond.” Fortunately, this […]

Discovering… Linda Ronstadt

January 12, 2022 Tim Martin 2

All artists evolve over time, and some drift a long way from what the listeners’ perception of what their “roots” might be. Linda Ronstadt is one of the artists that makes the question, ”what is americana?” […]

Anna Anise “All That Magic”

January 6, 2022 Tim Martin 0

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 […]

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”