by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Interview | The Miserable Rich return with the deeply personal ‘Glue’
“They said I should stick to you like glue, after what the two of us went through” The Miserable Rich’s new release, ‘Glue’, is a song unlike anything James de Malplaquet had ever written before. Deeply personal, emotionally raw, it…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | Caitlin Rose – Cazimi
When Caitlin Rose burst on to the scene in 2010 with her delightful debut album Own Side Now, followed up soon after with The Stand-In, her star instantly shone bright. Rave reviews heralded the arrival of a powerful new voice,…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | Arny Margret – They Only Talk About The Weather
Ísafjörður must be a strange place to grow up. Almost six hours north of Reykjavik on the Westfjord peninsula of Iceland, it is a remote and dramatic landscape, one where tall mountains can block out the sun for several months…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | The Unthanks – Sorrows Away
I’ve got an unsent greeting card sat on the side which reads “I heard you’ve been watching a lot of news lately so here’s a card with a comforting duck on it”. I’ve not sent it to anyone yet because…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | Alela Diane – Looking Glass
Alela Diane’s sixth studio album was born in a storm – more than one, in fact. There was the thunderstorm in Mexico, which knocked out the power as Diane wrote the opening track ‘Paloma’. “In the black of night/I wouldn’t…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | Bonny Light Horseman – Rolling Golden Holy
When Bonny Light Horseman – the band formed by songwriter Anais Mitchell, producer Josh Kaufman and the original Fruit Bat Eric D. Johnson – delivered their self-titled debut album in 2020 it was easy to imagine it was a one-off.…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future
“I am ready for a change,” Courtney Marie Andrews sings on ‘Older Now’, the second song on new album Loose Futures. Two years after winning widespread acclaim – and a Grammy nomination – for her bittersweet break-up album Old Flowers,…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | South – From Here On In
One of the few things about South that you could pin down was their name. Three London lads proudly declared their roots at a time when the north dominated the British scene – and there was an element of defiance…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | The Staves – Good Woman
In the decade since self-releasing their debut EP, the Staves have built their brand around blood harmonies and beautiful melodies. Their reputation grew quickly, though more patience has been required when it has come to new music from the three…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | John Paul Keith – How Can You Walk Away
In much the same way as the mighty Mississippi passes along the western side of the city, the roots of American music flow through Memphis. Soul, gospel, rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll have a home in the cultural…