I bumped into Henry Parker's music for the first time at a folk festival a couple of years back, where I sat open-mouthed, wondering quite how I'd managed to miss the guy up until this point in my life. At the time, Parker was promoting an instrumental LP, made with fellow guitarist David Ian Roberts, though he'd previously released a pair of brilliant solo albums, 'Silent Spring' in 2019 and 'Lammas Fair' in 2021, both of which hastily found their way into my record collection. In addition to being a gifted singer/songwriter, Henry is a guitar tutor and a lover of the great outdoors. His 2026 EP 'The Dark Peak', '...a deeply researched and reflective piece of landscape music, in honour of the moors of Bleaklow and the Upper Derwent ridges...', is a collection of atmospheric solo guitar instrumentals, complimented by the sounds of nature, tiding us over until a new full length LP in 2027.
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This is new to me and I like it a lot.
I'll be honest with you, this Best Of 26 in October(!) doesn't sit right with me; I should be reading these missives with a glass of egg nog in one hand and a sprout in the other. What will I do in December now?
Adam: Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully a new solo LP will appear here in due course, the first two are corkers.
John: Don't consider it a Best of 2026, merely a catch-up of some of the records I've purchased throughout the year, but neglected to mention thus far. Come December I'll be at the pointy end of festive retail, so possibly won't have the time, energy or brain space to do this, hence my early start!
Blimey, it's not time for the end of year lists already, is it? I feel like I've barely started listening to things.
Lovely stuff. Personally I start my Records of The year list on Jan 2nd.....so im with you all the way. Swc..
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