A lmost four decades after his death at age 42, the pianist and singer Richard Manuel, whose voice was an essential element ...

Richard Thompson is a longtime guitarist, folk musician, British rock god and celebrated singer-songwriter, in no particular order. From the ‘60s English folk-rock band Fairport Convention, he ...

Richard Thompson seemed poised for a breakout solo career. Having already proven himself as a singer, songwriter, and ace guitarist with Fairport Convention, he left that band and released his ...

It’s hard to unpick exactly how many great bands Tubs singer/guitarist Owen “O” Williams is involved in, but it’s with The Tubs, it seems, his most personal and powerful work gets done. Cotton Crown ...

But first, the studio album. Recorded in London during September and October of 1984, Thompson was joined on the Across A Crowded Room sessions by Fairport alumni Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks (on ...

Richard Thompson may not be a household name. But he’s the kind of songwriter and guitarist revered by many music legends. He played a pivotal role in Britain’s late 1960s folk music revival.

If Eric Bell closes his eyes and lets the music carry him off, he finds himself right back at the beginning. The scene is London’s Decca Studios, in the biting-cold winter of ’71, and the veteran ...

A heckler at Manchester Free Trade Hall on May 17, 1966 might have called Bob Dylan ‘Judas’ for daring to expand his folk roots, forsake his battered acoustic and pick up and plug in an ...

Rolling Stone has named Richard Thompson a top 100 guitarists and called him “one of rock’s most dazzling stylists.” Who: Richard Thompson When: 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7 Where: Uptown ...

Malkmus plays some nifty Richard Thompson-style guitar in the excellent “Heel Highway,” the kind of sparkly ballad he can and probably did write in his sleep, with bongwater poetry in the mode ...

Linda Thompson is a 76-year-old singer and songwriter, who rose to acclaim in the 1970s as wife and duet partner of guitarist Richard Thompson (to whom she was married for 10 years). Linda’s ...

Now 76, Thompson is a grand dame of the British folk scene.Although she made records (and sang on British TV commercials) before she met and married Richard, it’s her work with him, in the ...