the car rolled four times and was totaled, but she walked out without serious injury, but found herself re-evaluating her life for a time. Parsons released her fourth album, Glass Heart on 30 November 2018. Glass Heart is the first album Parsons recorded outside of New Zealand. It was recorded in the US in Santa Monica, California, with producer Mitchell Froom. The logistics and finances made it impractical to bring her backing band over from New Zealand, so Froom recruited some local musicians to back Parsons on the album. The backing band for the album consists of bass player Kaveh Rastegar, guitarist Adam Levy, and drummer Ted Poor. Parsons performs rural woolshed tours across New Zealand with Amelia Dunbar and Emma Newborn (The Bitches Box). Although she sometimes tours by herself, and sometimes with her backing band, she has also joined a large New Zealand performance collective, Fly My Pretties. She also has toured Australia with Anika Moa. Parsons was invited to perform at the Folk Alliance International in 2014, 2015 and 2017. Parsons has released her fifth studio album, Slow Burn, on 16 September 2022. It contains the singles "Carry On", "Already Gone", and the title track "Slow Burn". Personal life Parsons currently lives in Lyttelton, New Zealand. She tours so frequently that she is rarely home. Recognition Parsons was nominated for the following awards: Best Folk Album – 2009 New Zealand Music Awards. Best Folk Album – 2012 New Zealand Music Awards. Songwriter – 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards in New Zealand. She was one of five finalists, alongside others such as Lorde. Parsons has won the following awards: Best Folk Artist - 2020 New Zealand Music Awards. Best Country Music Song – 2016 New Zealand Music Awards. Best Independent Tour – 2016 MMF Music Awards (Music Managers Awards, New Zealand). Discography Over My Shoulder (2009) Red Grey Blue (2011) Drylands (2015) Glass Heart (2018) Slow Burn (2022) References External links Official website 1981 births Living people 21st-century New Zealand women singers New Zealand women singer-songwriters