BIG STIR RECORDS presents a very special three-sided single spotlighting our biggest release of the year – the new album from rock legend GRAHAM PARKER – pairing one of the album’s most-played tracks with two brand new live cuts recorded during Parker‘s acclaimed UK tour with his superb backing band The Goldtops just months ago. The album version of “Sun Valley” …
Graham Parker (credit: Dion Ogust) British rock legend GRAHAM PARKER returns with his first album of new material since 2018. LAST CHANCE TO LEARN THE TWIST finds the veteran singer-songwriter in top form, offering up thirteen new compositions with exquisitely tasteful backing by The Goldtops (bassist Simon Edwards, drummer Jim Russell, guitarist Martin Belmont and keyboard player Geraint Watkins) and frequent contributions from the Easy Access Orchestra horns and …
Decades ago, I was wondering around the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and stumbled upon Graham Parker playing at Barton Hall, and it was great- reminded me of the missing link between Elvis Costello and Van Morrison. The Rumour to me, were the post-punk answer to “The Band” – they’ve finally reunited and …