Tim Martin

Live review: Lady Nade, St Georges, Bristol -19th June 2021

June 28, 2021 Tim Martin 0

For what was our first live show in 18 months, the Café/Bar at St Georges, a former Georgian church in central Bristol, was a great setting. This was the last of four sold-out shows celebrating the […]

Rachel Sermanni “Swallow Me”

June 17, 2021 Tim Martin 0

An intimate, meditative EP of thought-provoking songs. Rachel Sermanni follows a path worn by other Scottish singers like Karine Polwart and Kim Edgar in taking a basic Joni Mitchell template and giving it a Celtic spin. […]

Discovering… Tom Waits

June 11, 2021 Tim Martin 3

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 […]

Phil Hooley “Songs from The Back Room”

May 26, 2021 Tim Martin 0

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 […]

Steve Grozier “All That’s Been Lost”

May 13, 2021 Tim Martin 0

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 […]