Tim Martin

Robert Jon and the Wreck “Last Light on The Highway” (Independent, 2020)

July 9, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Album opener ‘Oh Miss Carolina’ sets out Robert Jon Burrison’s manifesto. A Rolling Stones guitar riff to kick it off, a bit of Grateful Dead piano, a Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar solo and southern soul harmonies. Robert […]

Ward Richmond “Highly Meditated” (Independent, 2020)

June 16, 2020 Tim Martin 2

When an artist’s past bands were called The Boys Named Sue and Party Police, there is a suspicion that they may not take life too seriously. Ward Richmond is a veteran of the Dallas scene and […]

The top 10 Americana internet radio shows and podcasts

June 9, 2020 Tim Martin 11

In March 2009 No Depression published a list of radio stations and podcasts with an Americana focus. In 2020 most of those are long gone so, time for a new list. Dropping a search for Americana […]

Paul J Bolger “Paul J Bolger” (Wolfe Island, 2020)

May 29, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Paul J Bolger says of his new self titled album: “After a lifetime spent shifting between music, visual art and film I am doing what I want to do at an age some might say I […]

Mike Plume “Lonesome Stretch Of Highway” (Royalty Records, 2020)

May 22, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Mike Plume “is a true alt-country legend in Canada, with a dozen releases since his debut in 1993,” according to his press. Having not encountered him before ‘Lonesome Stretch Of Highway’ comes as a pleasant discovery […]