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Richard Thompson - Live at the BBC -

For long-term fans, this handsomely comprehensive box set boasting 58 (out of 61) songs presented on CD for the very first time, as well as a DVD’s worth of TV performances, represents an essential purchase. As such, it admirably doubles as a remarkably thorough and revealing primer for those encountering...

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The Thompson clan are fast becoming the musical royal family of Britain and Richard Thompson, soon to be Richard Thompson OBE, sits at the head of that table, wearing his beret crown and playing to his chosen kingdom - tonight London’s Royal Festival Hall.

With no support " who indeed would...

Richard Thompson Named an Officer of the OBE -

More than 4 decades into his career, Richard Thompson had an amazing 2010, capped off by the year-end news that he was named to the 2011 Honour's List as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). "The OBE will further restore Richard Thompson's status at the top...

Richard Thompson Given An OBE -

Hugely influential British songwriter Richard Thompson has been given an OBE in the New Year Honour's list.

Rising to fame as the teenage guitar wizard in Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson has led a unique career. His thin, wiry tone has been much imitated but never bettered, forging a reputation as...

Wainwright Revisits Early Songs With Henry - Loudon Wainwright III and Joe Henry's collaboration for the "Knocked Up" film and "Strange Weirdos" album has given birth to another joint project. Wainwright tells Billboard.com that he and Henry have completed a second album together called "Recovery," which recasts songs from Wainwright's first three albums -- 1970's "Loudon Wainwright III,"...

Bruce Cockburn: Small Sources of Comfort -

This mixed collection of instrumentals, political/topical commentary and personal singer/songwriting is what we’ve come to expect from Canada’s perennial folk-hero Bruce Cockburn. He doesn’t like corporations and sees the contradictions that come with living in the modern world (“The Iris of the World”). He went to Afghanistan to witness the...

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