Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson on his post-apocalyptic new album: ‘I would have to booby-trap a cave to survive’
The Newcastle musician’s seventh album, The Ruby Cord, continues his commitment to world-building – here, a ravaged landscape inspired by gaming, slowness and ‘old-fashioned melody’
Michael Hann
22, Nov, 2022 @11:31 AM
Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord review – an excellent album trying to get out
A 40-minute preamble gets in the way as the Newcastle singer-songwriter concludes his momentous trilogy
Phil Mongredien
20, Nov, 2022 @3:00 PM
‘A gambler’s wet dream and an accountant’s worst nightmare!’: the huge allure of the micro-festival
Amid a bloated festival market, the founders of the UK’s tiniest weekenders explain why they are keeping things intimate and defiantly non-commercial
Daniel Dylan Wray
12, Aug, 2022 @11:00 AM
Richard Dawson and Circle: Henki review – a botanical rock classic
A sprawling epic written from the perspective of a seed and a lament for an ancient tree are highlights on this inspired collaboration
Phil Mongredien
28, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM
Charli XCX to Taylor Swift: 10 of the best albums made in lockdown
Anxiety, escapism and noise complaints from neighbours all feature in the work musicians have created while house-bound
Michael Cragg
07, Aug, 2020 @7:00 AM
The 50 best albums of 2019: the full list
Our pick of the year’s finest albums brings American dreaming, teenage dynamism, heartbreak, barbed rap, impetuous indie and beautiful soundscapes
20, Dec, 2019 @9:41 AM
The 20 best songs of 2019
Our critics have voted til they can’t no more... and these are their tracks of the year. You can listen to all 593 songs that were voted for in our playlist
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes
02, Dec, 2019 @11:00 AM
Richard Dawson review – dispatches from the breadline
A tender but challenging tour of broken Britain
Kitty Empire
23, Nov, 2019 @2:00 PM
Richard Dawson: anthems for a blighted nation
Celebrated for his incredible voice and outsider-folk charm, the musician is stepping out of the shadows with his new album, 2020, a one-of-a-kind opus that is being hailed as a masterpiece
Jude Rogers
26, Oct, 2019 @12:00 PM
Richard Dawson: 2020 review
Dawson adds pop-facing elements to folk on this brilliant album, full of stories of a benighted Britain
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
11, Oct, 2019 @8:00 AM
Richard Dawson review – a herald angel sings
The Geordie ‘folk music’ maverick welcomes a firstborn son, and a startled audience, with a display of raw power and emotion
Kitty Empire
24, Dec, 2017 @8:00 AM
The best albums of 2017, No 10: Richard Dawson – Peasant
The Newcastle singer-songwriter’s avant-folk stories of a troubled medieval age have striking relevance to our own fraying society
Gwilym Mumford
11, Dec, 2017 @6:00 AM
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