Tim Martin

Dave Alvin “From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings” (Yep Roc, 2020)

November 18, 2020 Tim Martin 1

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 […]

Dillon Warnek “Fruit From Crooked Trees” (Independent, 2020)

November 4, 2020 Tim Martin 0

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 […]

D.L. Marble “One Line At A Time” (Independent, 2020)

October 14, 2020 Tim Martin 0

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, […]

Our Man in The Field “In the Company of Strangers” (Rocksnob, 2020)

October 1, 2020 Tim Martin 0

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 […]

Joe Stamm Band “The Good & The Crooked (& The High & The Horny)” (Independent, 2020)

September 17, 2020 Tim Martin 0

When an album kicks in, as the title song of ‘The Good & The Crooked (& The High & The Horny)’ does, with a brittle guitar riff and a voice that is quintessentially “country”, expectations start […]