Tim Martin

Mark Rogers “Laying It Down” (Independent 2019)

June 20, 2019 Tim Martin 0

‘Laying it Down’ is Mark Rogers’ first full-length L.P. following a couple of EPs since reactivating his music career in 2012. Five of the eleven songs featured here are recycled and remixed from those EPs. His […]

The Alvarez Theory “The Alvarez Theory” (Independent, 2019)

June 11, 2019 Tim Martin 0

Starting life as a solo project for Diana (Dee) Diehl, The Alvarez Theory have produced an album of gentle, intimate songs. The band describe them as “tales of small-town heroes, barflies & gunslingers, heart breakers & […]

W.C. Beck “First Flight” (Independent, 2019)

June 4, 2019 Tim Martin 0

W.C. Beck describes himself as “an itinerant singer/songwriter from Kansas”. After some years in Portland, he is now based in New York. Having recorded as Chris Beck in the past, ‘First Flight’ is his ninth album, […]

Chris Jones & The Night Drivers “The Choosing Road” (Mountain Home Music Company, 2019)

April 30, 2019 Tim Martin 0

In the press release accompanying Chris Jones’ new album he says, “I decided this time around to open up more with my writing and worry less about how songs would be perceived by different audiences.” What […]

Over The Rhine, Cecil Sharp House, London, Sunday 2nd April 2017

April 4, 2017 Tim Martin 0

On Sunday night, Over The Rhine brought their uniquely American sound to the home of English Folk Music. The Kennedy Hall in Cecil Sharp House is an imposing room and appeared to be full. While their […]

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