Never resting on his laurels, Richard Thompson remains as vital as ever. We reckon that a new album from Richard Thompson, surely regarded these days, by most, as one of the UK’s premier songwriters and performers […]
Well, obviously we don’t need to explain who Richard Thompson is to you, dear musically aware reader, and if you’ve been paying attention to our news stories you’ll already know about the upcoming album and tour. […]
The legendary Richard Thompson will return with “Ship To Shore” on May 31, 2024 via New West Records. The 12-song set was produced by Thompson and recorded in Woodstock, NY. It follows his 2018 studio album […]
Richard Thompson’s music has been high on my playlist recently, after re-reading Joe Boyd’s memoir of the 60s for our Paperback Riders strand. Originally recorded for his album ‘Rumor and Sigh’. In the early 90s, ‘1952 […]
For this week’s Chain Gang, we link Christy Moore’s version of ‘Motherland’ to Richard Thompson. ‘Motherland’ appeared on Moore’s 2006 covers album ‘Burning Times’. Another song on that outstanding album was ‘Beeswing’, which originally appeared on […]
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