Album Reviews
John Wort Hannam “Long Haul”
Words to cherish and music that will grow on you, if you give it some time. John Wort Hannam says of his new album; ““Long Haul is a reflection on my life up to this point, […]
Articles by Tim Martin
Features
Discovering… Gram Parsons
In the book High Fidelity Nick Hornby makes Gram Parsons’ ‘Return of the Grievous Angel’ one of the top 5 side one, track one’s of all time. In doing so he confirmed Parsons’ status as ‘legendary’ […]
Album Reviews
Ian Jones “Evergreens”
Inventive playing on good songs highlights a refreshing songwriting talent. Ian Jones falls squarely into the singer-songwriter category, and these six songs could so easily have turned out as bland as far too much of the […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Jerry Joseph + Our Man in the Field, Le Pub, Newport – 8th September 2021
A Wednesday night in Newport was never going to attract the biggest crowd, but those who were there were treated to a show of excellent, even extraordinary performances. Local opening act Iolo Edger’s brief set had […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Stephen Deusner “Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers”
First full-length book on this quintessentially southern band. As my colleague, and our Books Editor, Rick Bayles, noted last month, there seems to be a trend towards quite academic writing about music. This may be as […]