The bard of Newcastle upon Tyne in stripped-back, bare-bones mode delivers his most intimate – and perhaps his best – album to date, finds Tom Bolton
Photo by Sally Pilkington
Richard Dawson (or “just Rich,” as he suggests on the cover of his new album) is a wildly inventive musician. His work with Hen Ogledd made pop songs stranger and more exciting than almost anyone had done before. His record with Finnish metal band, Circle, was awesomely unclassifiable. Bulbils, his duo with Sally Pilkington, born in lockdown confinement, released endless mini-albums of pure expression. His solo work has created a new form of folk music, filled with inimitable storytelling and triumphant tunes. His new album, End of the Middle, is his most...
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