“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 ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Richard Thompson, the British singer-songwriter-guitarist who has been writing and recording music since the '60s, is about to launch a summer concert tour and ...

“Well, it’s gotten me this far,” proclaimed Richard Thompson Sunday at the Academy of Music in Northampton, Mass., recounting his defiant rejoinder when a manager decried Thompson’s downbeat, doomy ...

Richard Thompson began his music career as the guitarist for the English folk rock band Fairport Convention. As part of a new generation of British musicians in the late sixties, Fairport Convention ...

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.

Folk rock legend and former Fairport Convention member Richard Thompson has announced a new album, Ship To Shore, due May 31 via New West Records (pre-order). It’s his first album since his acclaimed ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

The good: The English singer/songwriter and folk rock legend releases his 19th solo effort. The bad: Nothing. The nitty gritty: He has been a distinct voice for over half a century; the guy never ...

Earlier this year, Richard Thompson returned with the announcement of Ship To Shore, the follow-up to 2018’s 13 Rivers. The British folk great shared the lead single “Singapore Sadie,” and today he’s ...