Tomorrow, we wake up to a new album from Sir Richard Bishop! YES! And today, the six-stringed woodshedder shares a new music video for “Head Bone in the ‘Tater Hole.” Opening with the kind of galloping figuration that once might have constituted a waltz or a kind of Latinate dance, Sir Rick quickly boils his ideas down into a steaming stew of theme and variations. He slashes and hacks from the guitar’s neck and body with impromptu energy and unstoppable propulsion, losing nothing of its beauty in the doing.

Hillbilly Ragas is a woodsy elegy to the “American Primitive” music form on Richard Bishop’s terms. These nine pieces of solo acoustic guitar were carved out in a wild-eyed state of moonstruck transcendence by Sir Richard, playing with reckless abandon to shake all beliefs — supernatural sounds await! Discover Hillbilly Ragas for yourself on September 26, 2025, and see Sir Richard Bishop on tour this fall across the UK and Europe!

Sir Richard Bishop 2025 Tour Dates

Sept. 26 - Dublin, Ireland @ BelloBar
Sept. 27 - Drogheda, Ireland @ Coffee Box
Sept. 28 - Ballina, Ireland @ The NCF
Sept. 29 - Galway, Ireland @ Roisin Dubh
Oct. 1 - Berlin, Germany @ Arkaoda
Oct. 2 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Meet Factory
Oct. 4 - Budapest, Hungary @ Dobozi 21
Oct. 5 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Kabinet Pomalosti
Oct. 7 - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK @ The Cumberland Arms
Oct. 8 - Todmorden, UK @ The Golden Lion
Oct. 9 - Sheffield, UK @ Bishops' House
Oct. 10 - Ipswich, UK @ Brighten the Corners
Oct. 11 - London, UK @ Chats Palace
Oct. 12 - Paris, FR @ Chair De Poule
Oct. 14 - Toulouse, France @ Caméléon Bar Associatif
Oct. 15 - Toulouse, France @ Caméléon Bar Associatif
Oct. 16 - Lyon, France @ Sonic
Oct. 17 - Lucca, Italy @ Circolo ARCI Sant'Alessio
Oct. 18 - Rome, Italy @ Miniera (secret location)
Oct. 19 - Milano, Italy @ Motelsalieri
Oct. 22 - Oslo, Norway @ Himmel Blå
Oct. 24 - Stavanger, Norway @ Folken
Oct. 25 - Helsinki, Finland @ El Fant
Oct. 26 - Tampere, Finland @ Kulttuuritalo Telakka
Oct. 28 - Pori, Finland @ Valdi Karkia - Klubi
Nov. 1 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Het Bos