Richard Parkinson

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo find room on the porch for new record

April 1, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Musical legends Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo aka TajMo have revived their historic collaboration between two generations of American music masters and announced “Room On The Porch”, a new full-length album out on 23rd May 2025 […]

World Party “Best In Show”

March 28, 2025 Richard Parkinson 2

Reissue with bonus tracks and vinyl edition of World Party’s greatest hits. Most people’s introduction to the music of Karl Wallinger came through his contributions to the first three albums by the Waterboys. He left them […]

Classic Clips: Dave Rawlings Machine “Method Acting/ Cortez The Killer” – Live From Here, 2018

March 14, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

In the beginning there was “A Prairie Home Companion” a live radio variety show presented by Garrison Keillor from the Fitzgerald Theatre in St Paul, Minnesota. By 2016, Keillor was ready to hand over to a […]

I’m With Her announce second album “Wild and Clear and Blue”

March 6, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Folk supergroup I’m With Her have announced their return this Spring with a stunning new record entitled “Wild and Clear and Blue”, which is out on 9th May 2025 via Rounder Records. The all-star trio comprises […]

Jason Isbell “Foxes In The Snow”

March 5, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

First solo acoustic record sees the americana legend in transition. As one of what appears to have been a small number of people who found Jason Isbell’s previous album, “Weathervanes” a bit underwhelming, being asked to […]

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

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo find room on the porch for new record

World Party “Best In Show”

Classic Clips: Dave Rawlings Machine “Method Acting/ Cortez The Killer” – Live From Here, 2018

I’m With Her announce second album “Wild and Clear and Blue”

Jason Isbell “Foxes In The Snow”

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