Richard Parkinson

Cambridge Folk Festival announces second list of acts for 2024

March 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Cambridge Folk Festival has announced its second tranche of acts for the 2024 event, including several names to whet the appetite of fans of Americana. Following their shows with the 2024 Transatlantic Sessions, banjo/ fiddle […]

New Kim Richey album out May plus UK tour dates

March 22, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Ohio born but long time Nashville based singer songwriter Kim Richey has announced the release of her latest album ‘Every New Beginning’ which lands on 24th May on Yep Roc. A respected artist and performer, Richey […]

Maya de Vitry announces headlining UK April tour dates

March 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Former Stray Birds singer-songwriter Maya de Vitry has announced a UK headline tour this April. The announcement comes after her recent visit supporting John Craigie across Europe. Throughout the tour, de Vitry will be performing songs […]

Preview: Dawn Landes to release “The Liberated Woman’s Songbook” later this month

March 19, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Singer-songwriter Dawn Landes will release a new album, ‘The Liberated Woman’s Songbook’, on 29th March 2024 during Women’s History Month. The record revisits songs featured in ‘The Liberated Woman’s Songbook’, originally published in 1971. Landes, along […]

More People Really Should Know About: Jess Williamson

March 13, 2024 Richard Parkinson 3

Jess Williamson studied to be a photographer and her songs can often seem composed with a visual as well as an audio perspective leaving the listener with images in their head. Musically. Williamson started out as […]

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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 – […]

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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Video: Tami Neilson “Ten Tonne Truck”

November 18, 2019 0

From New Zealand comes this new single from country singer Tami Neilson. It’s a fun song and video with a serious message taken from her album ‘Chickaboom‘, out on February 14th next year.

Album Reviews

Emily Scott Robinson “American Siren”

December 3, 2021 1

An impressive album of faultless country-folk from the newest recruit to John Prine’s Oh Boy label. To say that John Prine’s Oh Boy label is selective in choosing its artists would be something of an understatement. […]

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Luke Tuchscherer “Carousel” (Clubhouse Records, 2019)

October 7, 2019 0

It’s a well-worn path. Artist runs out of ideas and decides to re-hash some old material and produces an album that is at best mediocre and at worst downright boring. Not in this case though, it’s […]

Articles by Richard Parkinson

Cambridge Folk Festival announces second list of acts for 2024

New Kim Richey album out May plus UK tour dates

Maya de Vitry announces headlining UK April tour dates

Preview: Dawn Landes to release “The Liberated Woman’s Songbook” later this month

More People Really Should Know About: Jess Williamson

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