Richard Thompson

Video Interview: Simon Nicol on Fairport Convention’s latest tour

February 25, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

Leaving the music industry in the ‘80s probably ensured Fairport Convention’s long term survival. Fairport Convention and its various alumni are firm favourites of Americana UK and our readership, but in all the coverage and interviews […]

Preview: The Gate To Southwell Festival returns this summer with a fine bill of acts

February 7, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The 18th Gate To Southwell Festival (aka GTSF) runs from July 3rd to 6th 2025 at Kirklington Lakes, which is midway between Mansfield and Newark and just north of the picturesque market town of Southwell. This […]

Richard Thompson to headline Gate To Southwell Festival 2025

December 3, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

As festivals for 2025 fall by the wayside, Richard Thompson, one of the true legends of folk rock music, has announced he will be performing at the Gate To Southwell Festival in July 2025. A founding […]

Wildrado, Ken Pomeroy and James McAlister “Wall Of Death” – Listen

September 6, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Not just any old cover of the Richard Thompson song – this version is taken from the new hit film ‘Twisters’ – where it appears in a brief campfire scene in the film. And not only […]

Linda Thompson “Proxy Music”

July 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

A celebration of one artist’s songs by family and friends who just happen to be music icons. You can easily make the case that Linda Thompson is one of the greatest British vocalists of the last […]

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

August 5, 2026 2

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