Graham Parker News and Photos

Garth Hudson, Richard Thompson, Graham Parker, Eric Bibb, others – The Beautiful Old (2013)

Sat, April 27 2013 12:14pm - Source: Something Else!

It's difficult, as it plays, to believe that The Beautiful Old focuses on sheet-music favorites from before the advent of electricity.

A Fan’s Notes: Graham Parker and the Rumour, The Met Cafe – Pawtucket, RI

Wed, December 31 1969 7:00pm - Source: Pop Dose

Last week I wrote about Los Lobos, a band that has been together for 40 years and is still performing at the top of its game.

TVD Ticket Giveaway: Graham Parker & The Rumour at the Gramercy Theatre, 4/14

Mon, April 01 2013 4:45pm - Source: The Vinyl District

As we noted last November with our review of Graham Parker & The Rumour's brand new release, Three Chords Good, " While he experienced much success in the '80s and beyond, these days Graham Parker's best work is widely considered to be the fine run of albums he recorded in the mid/late-'70s with The Rumour, a group of pub rock vets that helped propel the singer-songwriter into the company of Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, and the young Joe Jackson as a direct, classicist (and UK-based) breath of fresh musical air. "

Graham Parker: The TVD Interview in conversation with Don Silver

Fri, March 22 2013 2:33pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Working for the Man in the Age of Vinyl, an intimate, insider account of working for Clive Davis at Arista Records. —

Take Aim: Amy Sciarretto vs. Graham Parker

Wed, March 20 2013 8:21pm - Source: ArtistDirect

British rocker Graham Parker plays himself in This Is 40 , out on DVD.

Graham Parker And The Rumour - Three Chords Good

Mon, December 17 2012 11:25am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

The stars aligned for Graham Parker in early 2011, when he impetuously reformed The Rumour 31 years after they'd last played as a unit.

One Track Mind: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Long Emotional Ride” (2012)

Wed, December 12 2012 3:25pm - Source: Something Else!

There's a broken majesty, a scraggly hopefulness, surrounding "Long Emotional Ride" — like a rebirth after a lengthy time gone.

Graham Parker & the Rumour and Ian Hunter played The Paramount (pics, setlists, updated dates)

Mon, December 10 2012 11:04pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

...[Graham] Parker (who has for the past several years lived near Woodstock,New York), was in personable form, joking with an enthusiastic dancer in the front row ("Are you by from the Fall River area, by any chance?"), remembering an offer from one of Aerosmith's management teams ("You should open for Flock of Seagulls"), and arranging his hits and near hits with generous care ("From Squeezing Out Sparks, side one").

Shorties (A Profile of Graham Parker, Pete Townshend on Rock Memoirs, and more)

Sun, December 02 2012 1:47pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

The New York Times profiles singer-songwriter Graham Parker.

Graham Parker reunited with The Rumour, made first new LP in 31 years, on tour, appearing in 'This Is 40' (dates, streams)

Wed, November 28 2012 5:58pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Arriving on the mid-'70s London scene as a rough'n'ready product of the pub-rock era -- an R&B- loving Nick Lowe with a sharper, more ambitious pen, as it were -- Parker predated Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson, both of whom would second his illustration that the singer/songwriter idiom could be recharged, giving intelligent rock fans an excitable and energetic alternative to (slightly) older guardsmen like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Randy Newman and Van Morrison. - [ Trouser Press ] Last year, pub rock survivor Graham Parker reunited with his old band, The Rumour, to make Three Chords Good , their first album together in 31 years.

'This Is 40' Soundtrack Features New Songs By Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, Wilco, Ryan Adams & More

Thu, November 08 2012 11:26pm - Source: The Playlist

A midlife crisis never sounded this good.

Graham Parker and The Rumour reform

Sat, September 29 2012 4:07pm - Source: Music-News.com

Graham Parker and The Rumour have reunited for the first time since 1981 for a US tour.

Song Premiere: Graham Parker Reunites With the Rumour After Three Decades

Wed, August 22 2012 11:12am - Source: Rolling Stone

British rocker Graham Parker has reunited with his original band, the Rumour, for their first album together in more than 30 years, Three Chords Good , out November 20th on Primary Wave Records.

Quick quips: Morrissey, Bette Midler, Bruce Springsteen, Graham Parker, Mick Jagger

Wed, October 19 2011 9:23am - Source: Music-News.com

Morrissey is suing Britain's NME over a 2007 interview which he says portrayed him as a racist.

On the Set of Judd Apatow's New Comedy With Graham Parker and the Rumour

Tue, October 18 2011 3:30pm - Source: Rolling Stone

On an early September morning at the Belasco Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, actor Paul Rudd has been introducing the same band for the past three hours.

Every Picture Tells A Story: Graham Parker’s “The Real Macaw”

Thu, April 14 2011 12:44pm - Source: WNEW

Graham Parker 's tangy turn of a phrase pairs with the cover design of his 1983 album, The Real Macaw , to tell a story that perfectly mirrors the music.

Video Classics: ‘Is She Really Going Out With Him?’ – Joe Jackson

Wed, March 30 2011 7:28pm - Source: WNEW

The debut single from Jackson's debut album Look Sharp! , "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" was initially released in 1978 to little fanfare.

Graham Parker & The Figgs: Live at The FTC

Mon, January 24 2011 2:15pm - Source: Here Comes The Flood

Graham Parker has been at it for a little over 35 years, releasing album after album filled with three minute soulful storytelling rock songs.

Graham Parker: Another Performer I've Always Loved

Sun, January 16 2011 6:48pm - Source: MOG

I first encountered Graham Parker the same season I found Elvis Costello.