John Apice, Americana Highways
“Roots are planted deep in the soil of traditional music. Its rural, dusty, delicious expanse comes not from an archive but from its original songs.”
John Apice
Australian Bluegrass
The simplicity of the sound and feel of this debut album and The Sidemen takes us back to the enjoyable and uncluttered folk era of the 60’s. A genuine contribution to the genre of acoustic music for sure.
David Maciotra, The Daily Ripple
The Sidemen. Together, they have crafted and delivered ten beautiful songs of traditional country and folk music – songs that puncture the human heart
Hannah Means-Shannon, WILDFIRE MUSIC + NEWS
A year ago, Nick Justice and Feter Martin Homer decided to join their individual solo careers to form The SideMen. Now in 2022, the duo are releasing their first eponymous album. It will arrive on July 20th, 2022. The SideMen features songs that “tell the stories of the forgotten, those with broken dreams who are lost souls on the search for redemption”.
Roorstime.be
You may be wondering why we’ve given these two career overviews of Nick Justice and Feter Martin Homer here. Well, both musicians recently decided to combine their musical talents by forming a duo called “The SideMen”. With that group name as their album title, they now release their debut album with ten songs that they have composed together or individually.
Hannah Means-Shannon, WILDFIRE MUSIC + NEWS
A year ago, Nick Justice and Feter Martin Homer decided to join their individual solo careers to form The SideMen. Now in 2022, the duo are releasing their first eponymous album. It will arrive on July 20th, 2022. The SideMen features songs that “tell the stories of the forgotten, those with broken dreams who are lost souls on the search for redemption”.
Lee Zimmerman, Author of " Americana Music: Voices, Visionaries, & Pioneers"
As a result, the duo’s close-knit harmonies and shared sensitivity provide the impetus for that engaging embrace and a tender touch that never once falters throughout. One might easily imagine these sweet serenades played around an open fire or in a back porch environment that offers no separation between artist and audience
Jim Hynes - 'The Sidemen` by Nick Justice and Peter Martin Homer
You’ve seen reviews of a couple of Nick Justice solo albums on these pages but now Justice is collaborating with blues guitarist and fellow singer-songwriter Peter Martin Homer to form The Sidemen. This is their eponymous debut – drawn together as Justice says, by their shared love of folk music. They operate mostly as individual writers but increasingly in the vein of Lennon-McCartney with Justice writing the lyrics and Homer penning the music although each takes credit – Homer for four songs and Justice for six and just two co-writes