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AUK’s Chain Gang: Paul Simon “Wristband”
Last time on the Chain Gang Paul Villers tried to throw a curve ball with his very useful advice on ordering beer in Spanish. The fab St. Paul and the Broken Bones are a new favourite […]
Articles by Tim Martin
Album Reviews
Dave Alvin “From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings” (Yep Roc, 2020)
The front cover’s black and white Dave Alvin playing his road-worn 1964 Fender Stratocaster, pretty much sets the tone for this round up of his songs that have escaped general release until now. On his Bandcamp […]
Album Reviews
Dillon Warnek “Fruit From Crooked Trees” (Independent, 2020)
This EP is Dillon Warnek’s first solo release. According to the bio on his Bandcamp page: “He assembled his friends and they came up with a plan to record it safely. The plan was write it […]
Album Reviews
D.L. Marble “One Line At A Time” (Independent, 2020)
When D.L. Marble and producer Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, whose C.V. includes Steve Earle, Nils Lofgren and Joan Jett, were planning this album the conversation probably went something along the lines of, “keep it basic and simple, […]
Album Reviews
Our Man in The Field “In the Company of Strangers” (Rocksnob, 2020)
Our Man in the Field, otherwise singer-songwriter Alexander Ellis, reports back from the London small gig scene (in the old world at least) with a set of songs created and evolved by being performed live “wherever […]