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 […]

Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0

There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 0

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

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