Richard Thompson

Gate To Southwell announces first names for 2026 – at last some good festival news

October 7, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

As some festivals stumble in the current economic climate, others grit their teeth and march forward despite the headwinds, and the “Gate To Southwell Festival” organisers are doing just that with the news that, true to […]

Live Review: Folk In The Park, Manor Park, Sutton – 16th August 2025

August 21, 2025 Oliver Gray 1

Sedentary performers were prominent at Folk In The Park. Richard Thompson had fallen down some stairs, while Tom Robinson was suffering from a more prosaic hernia. Poor Eddi Reader, meanwhile, had fallen ill but… The Show […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Richard Thompson “When The Spell Is Broken”

June 16, 2025 Rick Bayles 0

Back in 2022, I wrote an article in the Essentials series on Ten Richard Thompson Albums for americana fans. Now, personally, I still consider the great Richard Thompson to be a singer-songwriter firmly fixed in the […]

More People Should Really Know About: Andy Fairweather Low

May 13, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

This may appear to be a contradiction because Andy Fairweather Low has managed to have a music career that lasted nearly 60 years, and in different ways at different times, he has enjoyed significant success. However, […]

Richard Thompson: The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden – 25th April 2025

April 30, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1

There are gigs, and then there are memorable gigs. And then there are surprise gigs – and this was one such, being found after a casual search to see what was on at Harpenden Public Halls, […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers