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Linda Thompson

June 2024

  • Linda Thompson seated with an acoustic guitar

    Linda Thompson: Proxy Music review – rueful songs of love and ageing with an all-star cast

    The extended Thompson clan, the Proclaimers and Rufus Wainwright are among those lending their voices to a moving set from a folk great

April 2024

  • Portrait of Linda Thompson sitting at a round marble table.

    ‘They said I was worse than the Sex Pistols!’: folk legend Linda Thompson on trashing dressing rooms and losing her voice

    Her struggles with spasmodic dysphonia has led her to write an album for a bevy of other stars to sing. She talks about trauma, ageing and stealing an audience member’s car

March 2021

  • Richard Thompson in 1975.

    Richard Thompson's famous fans choose their favourite songs

  • Richard Thompson photographed this month in Montclair, New Jersey.

    Richard Thompson: 'I had to put the pen down, take a deep breath, have a little cry'

September 2020

  • Richard and Linda Thompson ‘goofing around in Hampstead’, 1974.

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Richard and Linda Thompson: Hard Luck Stories 1972–1982 review – a tempestuous tale worth retelling

    The highlight of this eight-CD box set is 31 previously unreleased tracks

July 2020

  • John Martyn and Nick Drake.

    'Greek, without the sex': Nick Drake and John Martyn's folk bromance

    A new book explores a musical friendship entailing joy, anger, ‘mountains of drugs’ … and tragedy. In this extract, the pair’s friends examine a complex rivalry

January 2016

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    Literary Mixtapes by Electric Literature
    Samantha Hunt’s Literary Mixtape: how to be a deranged cult leader

    In our new collaboration with Electric Literature, authors make and share mixtapes to accompany their writing. Kicking it off, Samantha Hunt’s playlist examines how power corrupts and illustrates all the stages of cult life

June 2015

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    Caitlyn Jenner: from Olympic hero and reality TV star to transgender heroine

    Gold medal decathlon winner Bruce Jenner has raced to public notoriety once again as a Vanity Fair transgender cover star with 1 million Twitter followers

May 2015

  • Shirley Collins, East Sussex, Britain - 12 Mar 2008

    Shirley Collins: ‘When I sing I feel past generations standing behind me’

    Shirley Collins is one of the great voices of British folk music. Ahead of a star-studded celebration to mark her 80th birthday, she looks back on a remarkable career

January 2015

  • Bob Copper

    Ten Thousand Times Adieu review – beautiful old songs sung with love

    ‘Bobstock’, in honour of the folk singer Bob Copper, assembled a fine and exciting lineup featuring Shirley Collins, Linda Thompson, Robin Dransfield and Martin Carthy, writes Colin Irwin

December 2014

  • Thompson Family richard kami teddy

    Thompson Family review – generations show their talent, while Linda looks on

    Teddy and Kami Thompson did a remarkable thing getting their parents Richard and Linda to record together again. If only mum had got up from the audience to sing live

November 2014

  • Why Family Tree by Thompson is the only album you should hear this week - video

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Why Family by Thompson is the one album you should hear this week – video

  • Thompson: Family review – a tender exploration of family dynamics

September 2014

  • Jon Boden and Linda Thompson

    Linda Thompson and Jon Boden: two generations of folk-rockers unite

    Jude Rogers: Island Records is reviving the pink label for a new wave of folk-rockers. 1970s legend Linda Thompson reveals what went on the first time round, and new signing Jon Boden of Bellowhead reflects on the modern folk scene

April 2014

  • Rails Rough Trade East

    A ticket to ride with the Rails

    To celebrate this year's Record Shop Day the husband-and-wife folk duo played whistle-stop shows in London and New York. Hazel Sheffield joined them on their journey

October 2013

  • Linda Thompson

    Linda Thompson: Won't Be Long Now – review

    One of the British folk scene's finest singers still sounds totally compelling on her first album in six years, writes Robin Denselow

June 2010

  • A Celebration Of Kate McGarrigle At The Royal Festival Hall

    A Celebration of Kate McGarrigle

    Royal Festival Hall, London
    This was a poignant celebration and memorial for the life of a family friend, writes Robin Denselow

December 2008

  • The family that plays together

    Linda Thompson gears up for a rather special evening at the Southbank Centre with her family

August 2007

  • Linda Thompson, Versatile Heart

  • Linda Thompson, Versatile Heart

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