Fairport Convention co-founder Richard Thompson has announced the release of his first studio album in six years. Thompson will release the 12-track Ship To Shore through New West Records on May 31.

Few artists have maintained the unerring consistency of Richard Thompson's near-half century career. After leaving Fairport Convention in 1970—cofounded by the British singer/songwriter/guitarist and ...

When it came time to record his latest album, "Dream Attic," British musician Richard Thompson decided to reverse the process. Most musicians record an album in a studio and hit the road to support it ...

Indeed, Thompson's 75 th birthday concert will land on 8 June at the Royal Albert Hall, with a dazzling range of musical guests to rival the same venue’s epic 70th birthday bash five years ago.

Richard Thompson is about to release his 19th solo album, 13 Rivers, and the British singer-songwriter recently came by the Stereogum offices in New York City to perform a few acoustic tracks from it ...

Richard Thompson has shared details for his forthcoming 19th solo album 13 Rivers, set for release via New West Records on September 14th. The British singer-songwriter-guitarist also released a pair ...

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In 2010, the great British guitarist Richard Thompson released a live album of new material, “Dream Attic,” recorded with his touring band. The album was among Thompson’s best because it directly ...

Delicate phrasing, with both voice and guitar, has always made Richard Thompson a musician worth hearing — and sometimes even liking on a personal level. For a man who can make such pretty music, it's ...

“If you love to dance to the music of the 15th century,” Richard Thompson tells the audience at Annapolis’s Rams Head on Stage, “you’ll love this one.” That song, “The Old Pack Mule,” does have the ...

Richard Thompson's Beeswing dwells on youth, but is colored by decades of hindsight. A breezy, detailed road map of Thompson's teens and twenties during the halcyon days of Britain's folk scene, he ...