John Parish has announced an appearance at the Colours Of Ostrava Festival (CZ) on July 20th.

Thrill Jockey records are releasing John’s new album ‘Bird Dog Dante’ on June 15th .  The fist single, a duet with PJ Harvey entitled ‘Sorry For Your Loss’ is already available for download & stream sold through Bandcamp :
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John and the band will be playing shows in support of the album later in the year. 

"Parish records songs as they come to him, often with the intent of just capturing the idea.

“Like all of my records, Bird Dog Dante was recorded all over the place in odd situations, because I’ll have an idea somewhere and want to record it, then I actually end up liking the sound of that specific recording and want to incorporate it,” says Parish.

​While a few of the tracks began with the band in Toybox in Bristol, often they were then deconstructed in Parish’s home studio. John’s producer’s ear can focus on a small detail that captures his imagination, which then becomes the foundation to build the song around. On “Rachel,” “Aldous Harding’s beautiful backing vocals were recorded on my phone backstage at her Jools Holland show."

May 4th            LISBON – Indie Lisboa Festival - culturgest
Lisboa - https://www.facebook.com/events/1840867399545044/
Lisboa - https://ticketline.sapo.pt/evento/john-parish-screenplay-24349

Much of 2017 was spent on the road with PJ Harvey. John was musical director, and played guitar, keyboards, drums and sang in the band. The tour, which began in Toulouse, France in June 2016 and finished in Mexico City in November 2017 comprised 100 shows in 35 different countries.
 
In between bouts of touring John produced the following albums :
ALDOUS HARDING – ‘Party’   Rough Trade album of the year
THIS IS THE KIT – ‘Moonshine Freeze’
NADINE KHOURI – ‘The Salted Air’
CHRYSTA BELL – ‘We Dissolve’   https://chrystabell.com/
VALPARAISO–
‘Broken Homeland’  https://valparaisoofficial.bandcamp.com/releases

This single was produced in aid of displaced children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. The artists will donate all net profits from the track to Beyond Association in the Bekaa Valley, a national Lebanese non-Governmental Organisation
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St George’s have commissioned John to put together an evening of Nick Drake’s music to commemorate what would have been Nick’s 70th year. 

John will be joined by friends including New Zealand singer ALDOUS HARDING, Beirut born,London based singer NADINE KHOURI, Welsh musical polymath H HAWKLINE, guitar player JEREMY HOGG, Bristol musician JACK OGBORNE,  and THE LOCHRIAN STRING QUARTET.  Original string arrangements have been written by ROB ELLIS (PJ Harvey, Marianne Faithful) and ENRICO GABRIELLI (PJ Harvey, Calibro 35). Tickets available here:

 ‘The Salted Air’ by Nadine Khouri, ‘Moonshine Freeze’ by This Is The Kit, and at number 1 album of the year ‘Party’ by Aldous Harding.

THIS IS THE KIT
 
‘Moonshine Freeze’ is the new album by This Is The Kit. Produced by John & released worldwide through Rough Trade.
 
The album was recorded with Marco Tagliola at Invada Studios, Bristol, and mixed with Ali Chant at Playpen (formerly Toybox). ‘Moonshine Freeze’ is the band’s fourth album, and the second to be produced by John. It has received great reviews across the bard & was BBC6 Music album of the day on release. The band is touring extensively to promote the record – check the website for dates/info :
 
 https://thisisthekit.co.uk/
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John’s score for Nathalie Tierlink’s film ‘Le passé devant nous’ has been nominated for an Ensor (Belgian Oscar) at the 2017 awards to be held at the Ostend Film Festival in September.  The film has a further two nominations in the best debut category.
https://www.filmfestivaloostende.be/ensors/ontdek-genomineerden-ensors-2017/

This is John’s second Ensor nomination, the first being for his score to Patrice Toye’s ‘Little Black Spiders’ in 2013.
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​ PJ HARVEY & RAMY ESSAM      ‘The Camp’

PJ Harvey and Egyptian recording artist Ramy Essam have come together to write and record ‘The Camp’, released digitally Friday 9 June 2017.

The Camp video features photographs by photo-journalist Giles Duley and was edited by Rick Holbrook.
Harvey and Essam recorded the track in Bristol with Harvey’s long-time collaborator John Parish, who produced and mixed the track. The artists will donate all net profits from the track to Beyond Association, a national Lebanese NGO which provides access to education, healthcare, and psycho-social support for displaced children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon.