"Peasant" is a sixth studio album by avant-garde folk musician Richard Dawson. Each song on the album is from the perspective of a different fictional narrator. Although it is set in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Bryneich, from the 400s to the 600s CE, it is intended to be a modern record, the stories and plight of each character largely contain universal themes that connect to the present day. Exclaim! Magazinne listed it at number 8 on their Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2017 list.

Pop in your earpiece, close your eyes and embrace the wonders (and horrors) of augmented reality and prepare to travel 500 years into the future as Richard Dawson returns with…The Ruby Cord. These seven tracks plunge us into an unreal, fantastical and at times sinister future where social mores have mutated, ethical and physical boundaries have evaporated; a place where you no longer need to engage with anyone but yourself and your own imagination. It’s a leap into a future that is well within reach, in some cases already here.