Richard Parkinson

Fruit Bats to release new album “Baby Man”

June 26, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1

Fruit Bats has announced the forthcoming release of the new album “Baby Man” on 12th September 2025 via Merge Records. “Baby Man” is the follow-up to 2023’s release “A River Running to Your Heart” (Merge). Johnson […]

Ava McCoy “Dragonfly”

June 26, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

A moving set of well-performed songs laced with resilience. Ava McCoy is still in her twenties and “Dragonfly” is her second full-length album after “Moss On The Celling” (2022) and an EP, “Closer To The Bugs”. […]

Manchester Folk Festival lists first wave of acts for Spring 2026

June 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Manchester Folk Festival has announced the first acts for the 2026 festival, which runs from Thursday, 19th to Saturday, 21st March 2026. The three-day festival will once again aspire to bring together the best contemporary and […]

The Dreaming Spires announce new single, album and UK tour dates

June 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The Oxfordshire five-piece The Dreaming Spires have announced their return with the release of new single, ‘Normal Town’, on 27th June 2025 via Clubhouse Records. The track heralds the band’s first new material in nearly a […]

More People Really Should Know About: Logan Ledger

June 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1

It seems a bit odd to be writing this feature about an artist who is signed to Rounder Records and had his debut produced by T Bone Burnett. The paradox with Ledger is that despite this, […]

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 […]

artwork for Pete Ham tribute album "Just Look Inside the Cover"

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

July 28, 2026 0

A worthy homage to an often-overlooked figure. Tribute albums are a very democratic form of praise since any artist, no matter how big or small, can potentially receive this honour. Be it compositions in the style […]

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates

July 28, 2026 0

Willie J Healey has announced news of a new EP set for release on 4th September via V2; 143, which will be released ahead of a short run of intimate October UK headline tour dates, and […]

Articles by Richard Parkinson

Fruit Bats to release new album “Baby Man”

Ava McCoy “Dragonfly”

Manchester Folk Festival lists first wave of acts for Spring 2026

The Dreaming Spires announce new single, album and UK tour dates

More People Really Should Know About: Logan Ledger

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

Nicole Atkins “Singing In The Mirror” – hey, give yourself a break

Video: Lily Seabird “Election Day” – lost in the darkness, searching for the light