Phil Martin – Freedom Of The City

Phil Martin – Freedom Of The City

Nothing makes the heart sinker faster than a home-made album done by someone with decent talent who produces a solid album of songs that only friends and family will ever listen to, usually just before said musician calls round for tea. Happily, this is not that album. Martin is from Whitby and is clearly past the first flush of youth, although – avoiding another bad sign – this is not his first album, so not his lone collection of tunes amassed…