Ian Parker

5 days ago | forfolkssake.com | Ian Parker

Eight years after their debut All That We Had We Stole, Patch & The Giant are back. Fragments was not supposed to take this long. This collection was nearing completion in early 2020 before the world got turned upside down.

Jan 20, 2025 | newyorker.com | Ian Parker

Norman Foster, the British architect, resembles the titans he serves. His expansionist ambition and personal wealth set him alongside the leaders of such companies as JPMorgan Chase, Apple, Bloomberg, Hyundai, and the Saudi National Bank, who have hired him to design landmark office buildings of beautifully controlled, rarefied egomania. Foster’s career is now in its seventh decade. He has been given every architectural prize, for every kind of civic, cultural, and commercial building.

Nov 28, 2024 | forfolkssake.com | Ian Parker

If we were drawing up a list of the artists we’d most like to hear make a seasonal record, the Unthanks would be somewhere near the top. Their rich instrumentation, careful arrangements, and beautiful harmonies are just the warming sound needed as the nights draw in and the Christmas decorations go up.

Oct 24, 2024 | forfolkssake.com | Ian Parker

The intimate nature of Laura Marling’s eighth studio album is apparent before she has even played a note. We hear shuffling, voices, a yelp from Marling’s infant daughter, as they get themselves arranged in the home studio where Patterns In Repeat was recorded. Parenthood is unsurprisingly a recurring theme in Marling’s first record since she became a mother in 2023, and the first since the prescient Song For Our Daughter was released in 2020 – the longest gap yet between Marling’s albums.

Oct 22, 2024 | msn.com | Ian Parker

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