Richard Parkinson

The Dead Tongues to issue two new albums this summer

April 26, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Dead Tongues (aka Ryan Gustafson) have announced the release of a pair of albums, ‘Body Of Light’ and ‘I Am A Cloud’. ‘Body of Light’ will be out digitally on 14th June 2024 while ‘I […]

Live Review: Maya de Vitry + Joel Timmons, Green Note, London – 21st April 2024

April 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

An unusually cold April evening saw a good-sized crowd gathering at the Green Note on a Sunday evening to see the return of Maya De Vitry to North London. De Vitry, accompanied on guitars and backing […]

New eleven song Johnny Cash announced for June

April 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

The emergence of new material from the late Johnny Cash is always special and a collection of songs written by the great man even more so. The announcement of the release of ‘Songwriter’ via Mercury Nashville […]

A bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger is on the way

April 24, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

A project more than ten years in gestation, Lonesome Day Records will be releasing an all-star bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger, ‘Silver Bullet Bluegrass’, on 12th July 2024 via Sony/The Orchard. The project first came to […]

Old Man Luedecke to release new album “She Told Me Where To Go”

April 23, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Old Man Luedecke will release his latest album ‘She Told Me Where To Go’ on 24th May 2024. The album had its genesis in the pandemic when Luedecke began going out to sea on a scallop […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg

July 29, 2026 0

Yes I know I am picking two albums from a catalogue of only 8, two of which are compilations and one that was never released. For some reason the label didn’t like it, though two of […]

Gary Marks “Sky High” – How could water catch fire?

July 29, 2026 0

This new song is a relatively old song; it comes from Gary Marks’ unreleased album A Whisper Can Change The World, recorded in 2007. So, why unreleased? Gary Marks had started out on his singer-songwriter path […]

Amy Speace to release debut poetry collection and new single

July 29, 2026 0

Award-winning singer-songwriter and poet Amy Speace will release her debut collection of poetry titled The Cardinals on Tuesday 1st September 2026. It will be published by Red Hen Press. Speace will also be releasing an accompanying […]

Articles by Richard Parkinson

The Dead Tongues to issue two new albums this summer

Live Review: Maya de Vitry + Joel Timmons, Green Note, London – 21st April 2024

New eleven song Johnny Cash announced for June

A bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger is on the way

Old Man Luedecke to release new album “She Told Me Where To Go”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matraca Berg

Gary Marks “Sky High” – How could water catch fire?

Amy Speace to release debut poetry collection and new single

Live Review: Seasick Steve, Folk by the Oak – 19th July 2026

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”