Richard Thompson

Ahoy there! Richard Thompson’s new album “Ship to Shore” and tour announced

March 11, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

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 […]

Classic Clips: Richard Thompson & Nanci Griffith “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” – Sessions at West 54th 1997

June 16, 2023 Tim Martin 0

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 […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Richard Thompson “Beeswing”

May 30, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

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 […]

Essentials – Richard Thompson: 10 albums for americana fans

November 24, 2022 Rick Bayles 2

It’s interesting that, in recent years, Richard Thompson, as quintessentially a British folk-rocker as you could hope to find, increasingly crops up in americana listings and charts. Of course, he’s lived in the U.S. pretty much […]

Interview: Geoff Muldaur on the latest addition to his lifetime body of work

October 3, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

One of the greatest white blues and roots music singers who was a major influence on Jerry Garcia. Geoff Muldaur may not be a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he doesn’t have […]