Richard Parkinson

Live West End cast album of “Hadestown” announced

November 28, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

“Hadestown – Live From London”, the highly anticipated original West End cast album for Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning ‘Best Musical’ Hadestown, recorded live at the Lyric Theatre in London where it is currently performing, will be […]

Jason Isbell announces short run of EU/UK solo dates

November 27, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

You get the feeling that as he stepped off the stage at the Eventim Apollo (better known to music lovers as the Hammersmith Odeon) on 25th November, Jason Isbell signed off on the press release for […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart announce album, UK tour

November 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The power of three. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart have announced the release of their new album “Looking For The Thread” via Thirty Tigers on 24th January 2025, an exciting debut collaboration from […]

The Third Mind to release live album “Live Mind”

November 22, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Third Mind are all set to release their first live album via Yep Roc Records on 14th February 2025. This genuine supergroup issued their first self-titled album in 2020 a matter of days before the […]

Book Review: David Browne “Talkin’ Greenwich Village”

November 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

David Browne is a journalist and author. He has written for Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spin and the New York Times among others. His books have largely focused on music telling the tales of Tim and […]

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

Live West End cast album of “Hadestown” announced

Jason Isbell announces short run of EU/UK solo dates

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart announce album, UK tour

The Third Mind to release live album “Live Mind”

Book Review: David Browne “Talkin’ Greenwich Village”

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