Richard Parkinson

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 […]

Jeffrey Martin returns with new album “Alive” and UK/Ireland tour dates

November 17, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Our friends over at Loose Records have announced the release of a new live album by Jeffrey Martin which arrives on 20th February 2026, which will be preceded by a string of UK and Ireland tour […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

Articles by Richard Parkinson

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Richard Parkinson

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

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

Ireland’s Ye Vagabonds to release fourth album in January

Jeffrey Martin returns with new album “Alive” and UK/Ireland tour dates

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates