Richard Parkinson

Red Rooster Festival reveals the first acts for 2026 and discounted tickets

November 21, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Suffolk’s Red Rooster Festival has announced the first round of acts for its 2026 iteration. As the festival heads towards its 12th edition, it continues to celebrate the best of authentic country, soul, blues and rock […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Richard Parkinson

November 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 6

Every writer faced with distilling the entire history of music into the Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time is faced with a need to place some boundaries around the task in order to get some […]

New York based Texan Jana Horn to release self-titled third album in January

November 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Texan songwriter Jana Horn will release her self-titled third album on 16th January 2026 via No Quarter. Most of the ten songs on the new record were written during Horn’s first year of living in New […]

36 years later – Stephen McCarthy and Kevin Pittman to release The Sky Chiefs debut

November 19, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Richmond, Virginia-based artists Stephen McCarthy (The Long Ryders, The Jayhawks) and Kevin Pittman (The Dads) have joined forces as The Sky Chiefs and announced their forthcoming self-titled LP will be released on 13th February 2026. In […]

Ireland’s Ye Vagabonds to release fourth album in January

November 18, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The multi-award-winning Irish band Ye Vagabonds will release their fourth album, and third for Rough Trade’s River Lea label, “All Tied Together” on 30th January 2026 Recorded live in a house in Galway, with producer Philip […]