Linda Thompson (nee Peters) is one of the grand dames of British folk, or folk-rock music, if you prefer. Best...
When: 30th August – 1st September 2019 Where: Moseley Park and Pool, Birmingham, England To enter Moseley Park and Pool...
I think it’s fair to say that 2018 has been a phenomenal year for new albums, and I believe this...
There’s no shortage of half-century anniversaries to mark in the music world this year. Whether it’s Sergeant Pepper, Forever Changes...
First held in 1965 the Cambridge Folk Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Inspired by the Newport Jazz and...
It’s been an unbearably hot week or so by Scottish standards. It’s a sold out gig, at a venue Richard...
The floodlights bright beams of light are speckled with tiny drops of water, dancing to the music, bouncing with the...
Round our house, a new album from Richard Thompson remains An. Event. This is his first album in over a...
I am unsure as to whether I find it amusing or irksome that Richard Thompson‘s albums are routinely and unceremoniously...
This year’s Cambridge Folk Festival was always going to be something very special for 2014 marks its 50th anniversary. And...
OK, so perhaps the title does give it away, somewhat. However this re-issue (on vinyl, natch) of a compilation of...
When: 30th August – 1st September 2019 Where: Moseley Park and Pool, Birmingham, England It may well be some five...
A mere two months after the release of Acoustic Classics II, Richard Thompson has given us a third collection of...
I’ve never really liked the word “idiosyncratic”. It feels like a lazy, monumentally overused cliché – especially by seasoned music...
Despite the fact that he now resides in America, Richard Thompson has made a number of visits to Edinburgh over...