Richard Parkinson

Live Review: Furnace Mountain, Green Note, London – 5th April 2024

April 12, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Furnace Mountain is a four-piece string band originally from Virginia but now based in West Virginia – pretty close to the respective borders. The group comprises Aimee Curl (bass guitar, vocals), ‘Fiddlin’ Dave van Deventer (fiddle, […]

The Felice Brothers announce new album and autumn UK/Europe tour

April 12, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Felice Brothers have announced a new album ‘Valley of Abandoned Songs’, which will be released on 27thJune on Conor Oberst’s new record label, Million Stars. The album resulted from a process of going through their […]

Jesse Daniel announces release of new album “Countin’ The Miles”

April 11, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Californian singer/songwriter Jesse Daniel has announced new album ‘Countin’ The Miles’, which is due out on 7th June via Lightning Rod Records. Daniel considers himself a country artist but does it his own way leading to […]

Elles Bailey to release new album in August

April 10, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Elles Bailey has established herself as a favourite act of the UK Americana Music Association gathering a string of awards since 2020 as well as being championed by leading americana radio presenters like Bob Harris and […]

Preview: Sarah McQuaid begins UK and Ireland tour this week

April 9, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Much travelled singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid is commencing a 28-show UK and Ireland tour later this week — starting and finishing in her adopted home county of Cornwall, where McQuaid’s latest album ‘The St Buryan Sessions’ (2021) […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0

A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

May 26, 2026 0

This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

Tracks

Ida Mae “My Whispers Are Wildfire”

June 20, 2023 0

Ida Mae have a new studio album, their third, called ‘Thunder Above You‘ which is set for release on August 25th. ‘My Whispers Are Wildfire’ is the latest single taken form it and is in their characteristic […]

Album Reviews

Stephanie Hatfield “Out This Fell” (Independent, 2020)

January 28, 2020 0

Stephanie Hatfield is probably a new name to most in the UK. The cover of her album ‘Out This Fell’ features Stephanie herself very prominently and there is no real hint in the cover as to […]

Album Reviews

John Murry “Tilting At Windmills” (Submarine Cat Records, 2020)

October 28, 2020 0

John Murry’s debut, 2013’s ‘The Graceless Age’, made many of that year’s Best Of lists. While it was his debut, Murry was already 34 and had recorded two albums with legendary Memphis singer-songwriter Bob Frank and […]

Articles by Richard Parkinson

Live Review: Furnace Mountain, Green Note, London – 5th April 2024

The Felice Brothers announce new album and autumn UK/Europe tour

Jesse Daniel announces release of new album “Countin’ The Miles”

Elles Bailey to release new album in August

Preview: Sarah McQuaid begins UK and Ireland tour this week

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson