Americana UK

  • News
  • Reviews
    • Album Reviews
    • Live Reviews
    • Book Reviews
  • Features
    • Archive
      • Americana Bedrock
      • Americana Roots
      • AmericanA to Z
      • A Night to Remember
      • Dirty Dozens
      • Home Life
      • I Write the Songs
      • Lost Albums
      • Political Pops
      • Shuffle
      • Small Venue Heroes
      • Studio Life
      • The Other Side of Me
      • The Twang Factor
      • Top 10 Americana Albums Ever
      • Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century
      • Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists
      • Unsung Heroes
      • Van Life
      • Whatever Happened To…
      • What Should I Do…
      • WITATA
    • Anniversary Cheers
    • AUK Mini-Gigs
    • Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it
    • Classic Americana Albums
    • Classic Clips
    • Essentials
    • Fiction
    • For The Sake Of The Song
    • More People Really Should Know About
    • Obituaries
    • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time
    • VERSIONS
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Tracks
  • Columns
    • Sounds from the Shed
    • Vox Continental
  • Podcast
  • Forum
  • Info
    • Contact Us!
    • Review submission FAQ
    • Support Americana UK
    • Want to write for Americana UK?
    • Daily Digest Sign-Up
    • Advertise on Americana UK
    • Privacy Policy
Our latest posts
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much” Interviews
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage” Album Reviews
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are” Features
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones” Anniversary Cheers
  • [ May 26, 2026 ] Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson News
HomeAuthorsRichard Parkinson

Articles by Richard Parkinson

About Richard Parkinson
London based self-diagnosed music junkie with tastes extending to all points of big tent americana and beyond. Fan of acts and songs rather than genres.
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Lucinda Williams “A Song For You” – Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, 2004

January 9, 2026 Richard Parkinson 1
In the summer of 2004, Gram Parsons’ daughter Polly put together two tribute concerts to her late father in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California. She was able to call upon an array of well-known fans […]
artwork Sorrel Nation Twang Factor
News

Sorrel Nation releases dates for 2026 Spring Tour

January 5, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Singer-songwriter and runner-up in AUK’s Twang Factor, Sorrel Nation has announced details of her 2026 spring tour. Announcing her second place in AUK’s Twang Factor 4, AUK’s Dean Nardi described Nation’s music as: “a soulful mix […]
Emma Tricca
News

Emma Tricca announces tour dates in support of “Prisms Of Winter”

December 18, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Rome-born but London-based singer-songwriter Emma Tricca is celebrating the release of her latest album “Prisms Of Winter” with a series of dates in the UK and Ireland early 2026. “Prisms Of Winter” involved reimagining earlier songs […]
News

Transatlantic Sessions reveal guest vocalists for 2026 season

December 17, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Always a musical highlight of the Winter, Transatlantic Sessions returns for 2026, continuing to explore and celebrate the rich musical traditions that connect Scotland, Ireland and the US. With its roots as an award-winning TV series […]
Joe Wilkes
News

Joe Wilkes latest album arriving after a difficult period in February 2026

December 16, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Singer-songwriter Joe Wilkes has announced the release of his latest album “Hope In My Chest, Fire in My Throat” via Frontline Records on 27th February 2026. Wilkes new record is intended as both a tribute to […]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 13 14 15 … 94 »

Recent Forum Posts

  • Sonny Rollins

    Jazz titan Sonny Rollins has gone at the age of 95. Cle...

    By Martin Johnson , 5 hours ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee

    By Ian C Rothery , 1 week ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)

    By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...

    By fredhead , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: Versions!

    @paul-villers Those versions keep coming

    By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago

  • Paul Villers

    RE: What are you watching at the moment?

    Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...

    By Paul Villers , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive

    By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...

    By Jonathan Hincks , 3 weeks ago

  • RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

    The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)

    By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago

our latest posts

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

Interviews
May 26, 2026 2
Album cover artwork for Leeroy Stagger "Pilgrimage"

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

Album Reviews
May 26, 2026 0

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

Features
May 26, 2026 0

Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

Anniversary Cheers
May 26, 2026 0
The Proclaimers

Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson

News
May 26, 2026 0
Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 2
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
Album cover artwork for Leeroy Stagger "Pilgrimage"
Album Reviews

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0
A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

May 26, 2026 0
This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

  • Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”
  • Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”
  • Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”
  • Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson
  • Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026
  • Various Artists “Let’s Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Raging”
  • Great Willow “Age Of Reason” – Bing bing, bong bong bong, bing bing
  • Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party”
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Mark Whitfield: Thanks Martin!
  • Martin Johnson: Nice one, Mark. You haven’t lost your touch.
  • Tim Martin: Thanks for your comments Scott. Sadly I think the chances of them coming to the UK are slim, I'd be…

Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 2
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
Album cover
Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

You may have missed…

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Ian Matthews “Valley Hi”

July 27, 2022 2
Ian Matthews, or Iain as he became later in his career, has been on a personal musical odyssey all his career which started when he was asked to be an original member of Fairport Convention by […]
Album Reviews

Albert Af Ekenstam “Ashes” (Kning Disk, 2016)

October 24, 2016 0
Ashes is the debut album from Albert Af Ekenstam, a Swede who seems to have been in various bands prior to this including “post rock” instrumental band Tempel and who cites as influences Bon Iver and […]
Features

10 songs about other artists

March 19, 2020 11
Here are ten songs written about other artists. The list below is not the final word, but represents the start of a conversation. The idea is to explore some of our favourite artists singing about other […]

© Americana UK 2026, a website based in the People's Republic of Liverpool