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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.
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Album Reviews

Taylor Rae “The Void”

April 30, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Solid second from Austin-based Californian singer-songwriter. It’s been four years since Taylor Rae put out her debut album “Mad Twenties” which got her a lot of attention and some commercial success.  Since then, she has been […]
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Tami Neilson to release new album “Neon Cowgirl”

April 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Tami Neilson will be releasing her latest album “Neon Cowgirl” on 11th July 2025 via  Outside Music.  The Canadian-born New Zealand singer-songwriter will also be touring in the US with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan as […]
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Book Reviews

Book Review: Andrew Lauder, Mick Houghton “Happy Trails – Andrew Lauder’s Charmed Life And High Times In The Record Business”

April 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Andrew Lauder will be a name well known to readers of several different vintages but especially from those clued in to the output from United Artists in the early 1970s and pages of Zigzag magazine from […]
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Danny Burns to release third album featuring star guests

April 17, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Danny Burns, the Irish singer-songwriter, now based in South Carolina, has announced the release of his latest album “Southern Sky” via Bonfire Recording Co on 22nd August 2025. The album is Burns’ third full-length album for […]
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Jackson Dean returns for run of UK tour dates

April 16, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Jackson Dean will be playing a short run of UK dates in late April 2025. Speaking about the tour, Dean said: “I’m so excited to come back over the pond on tour. I hope that y’all […]

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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 9th= Jason Isbell – “Elephant” (2013)

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The second  of two songs that were voted equal ninth by our writers. Another shoo-in for the Top Ten list, given the high esteem in which Jason Isbell is held by americana fans. In our Best […]
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Dylan LeBlanc returns to his “Cautionary Tale” and releases fan favourite demo

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Louisiana singer-songwriter Dylan LeBlanc has announced the 10th Anniversary re-release of his acclaimed album Cautionary Tale, which is due out on May 15, 2026, via Single Lock Records and includes a limited run on yellow vinyl. […]
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Norma “Country Catering”

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West Coast Americana from Norway’s Mississippi. The Østfold county is dubbed by some as Norway’s Mississippi, as the country’s longest river, the Glomma, flows through its densely populated lowland area on its way to the Oslo […]

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Rhys Duursma “Songs From Swan Street Vol.1”

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A debut EP with lots of promise and directions to follow. Australian singer-songwriter Rhys Duursma’s debut solo EP starts with ‘Same Old’, a fairly routine piece of folk music, which mutates halfway through into a dusty […]
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