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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.
News

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 Reviews

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 […]
News

Sunny War presents as “Armageddon In A Summer Dress”

November 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
After the triumph of 2023’s “Anarchist Gospel”, americana-punk artist Sunny War returns with “Armageddon In A Summer Dress” on 21st February 2025, via New West Records. Its predecessor proved something of a breakthrough for Sunny War […]
News

“Wild Winter” is coming – Smoke Fairies to reissue album for 10th anniversary

November 19, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Smoke Fairies will put out a 10th anniversary reissue of their themed album “Wild Winter” via the band’s own imprint Year Seven Records on 13th December 2024. Originally released in 2014 exclusively through Rough Trade, “Wild […]
News

Transatlantic Sessions announces special guests for 2025 tour dates

November 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
Transatlantic Sessions 2025 celebrates 30 years since the original TV series first aired.  An annual focal point of Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow and a highlight of the winter concert calendar, the line-up of Transatlantic Sessions […]

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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

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September 29, 2026 1

Brian Fallon & The Painkillers “Not Bad for New Jersey”

Album Reviews
September 29, 2026 0
His Lordship

His Lordship announce new album, single, and all-star shows

News
September 29, 2026 0
Laura Veirs Live at EartH

Live Review: Laura Veirs + Karl Blau, EartH Dalston – 16th September 2026

Live Reviews
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Album cover artwork for Our Man in the Field "Silverado"

Our Man In The Field “Silverado”

Album Reviews
September 29, 2026 0
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 1
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
Album Reviews

Brian Fallon & The Painkillers “Not Bad for New Jersey”

September 29, 2026 0
Heartfelt heartland rock delivered by Gaslight Anthem frontman. Brian Fallon has been making music with The Gaslight Anthem for two decades. Outside of the band, over the past 10 years, he’s released a number of solo […]
His Lordship
News

His Lordship announce new album, single, and all-star shows

September 29, 2026 0
Following last year’s Bored Animal, Psychonaut Sounds/PIAS will release His Lordship’s tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll pioneer Chuck Berry, Promised Land, on 13th November 2026, to celebrate what would’ve been his 100th birthday. His Lordship will […]

  • Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”
  • Brian Fallon & The Painkillers “Not Bad for New Jersey”
  • His Lordship announce new album, single, and all-star shows
  • Live Review: Laura Veirs + Karl Blau, EartH Dalston – 16th September 2026
  • Our Man In The Field “Silverado”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Padraig Jack
  • Greyhounds “Live On 29th Street”
  • Ella Spencer “Howlin’ Wolf” – one lie too many
  • Video: Louise Bichan “Binnorie-o” Feat. Aoife O’Donovan – adorned with bits of old fiddles
  • For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”
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Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 1
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

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Videos

Video: Eric Bibb “Ridin'”

April 14, 2023 0
Like the coal firing a steam engine Erib Bibb delivers a scorching performance in the video for ‘Ridin’’.  Building from a slow simmer to a full flame he retells the struggle of the Civil Right movement, […]
Reviews

Book review: Stevie Simkin “What Makes the Monkey Dance: The Life And Music Of Chuck Prophet And Green On Red” (Jawbone Press, 2020)

August 12, 2020 0
What Makes The Monkey Dance is the polar opposite of the standard ‘Cut and Paste’ rock biography. Author Stevie Simkin is an academic, and has applied all his stringent research techniques to documenting the career of […]
Album Reviews

Alan Tyler “El Tapado” (Hanky Panky Records 2018)

January 5, 2018 0
‘Dumb Ass’ or ‘The Hidden’ – two translations of El Tapado which is The Rockingbird’s founder member Alan Tyler’s tenth album all told. It is, however, the first that he has almost exclusively recorded and played […]

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