Vermont-based singer-songwriter Reid Parsons (they/she) releases their long-awaited debut album, Back to Back, a lush and emotionally intricate orchestral-folk record praised by early listeners for its musical depth and poetic clarity. The album is available now on all digital platforms and is also carefully sequenced for vinyl. Produced, arranged, and written entirely by Parsons (save for a smoky cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire”), Back to Back was tracked live to tape—no effects—at Burlington’s Tank Recording Studio with engineer Ben Collette (Trey Anastasio, Susan Tedeschi, Sharon Jones). The result is a warm, analog sound that feels both timeless and deeply personal. A fearless and freewheeling composer, Parsons moves fluidly between genres, veering into jazz, classical, blues...