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Richard 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

  • Alexis Petridis

    Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist

    Alexis Petridis

May 2024

  • Richard Thompson holding an electric guitar

    Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore review – another collection of beautifully gruelling material

  • Richard Thompson wth a guitar singing on stage at York Barbican

    Richard Thompson review – a showcase for decades of exquisite craft

June 2023

  • Guns N' Roses performing on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival

    Saturday at Glastonbury 2023: Rick Astley, Guns N’ Roses and Lana Del Rey – as it happened!

  • CMAT, Central Cee and Yaya Bey, three of the must-see acts at Glastonbury 2023.

    Ragga-metal, Y2K R&B and folk legends: 30 acts to see at Glastonbury

June 2021

  • Pete Long with his partner, Caroline, in 1989

    Other lives
    Pete Long obituary

    Other lives: Maths teacher who became an authority on musicians including Neil Young and Jackson Browne

April 2021

  • FAIRPORT CONVENTION - 1970S<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Stevenson / Rex Features ( 564784g ) Fairport Convention - Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson FAIRPORT CONVENTION - 1970S

    Book of the day
    Beeswing by Richard Thompson review – beyond Fairport Convention

    Folk rock, finding a voice and confronting tragedy ... a gripping account of the early career of a great songwriter and guitarist

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

September 2019

  • Richard Thompson at Louis Patisserie, Hampstead, London.

    Richard Thompson at 70: on love, loss and being a Muslim in Trump's US

  • Fairport Convention.

    From the Guardian archive
    Fairport Convention: amplified folk - archive, 1969

August 2018

  • ‘Depth and energy’: Richard Thompson at Gawsworth Hall, Cheshire.

    Richard Thompson review – rock’n’rolling back the years

    Half a century after his first gig with Fairport Convention, folk-rocker Richard Thompson is as cool and contemporary as ever

August 2017

  • Boldly, ragingly alive … Richard Thompson.

    Richard Thompson: Acoustic Classics II review – fiery, beautiful gems of song

June 2016

  • Steve Gunn: Eyes on the Lines for Matador Records

    Steve Gunn on his favourite guitarists: from Bert Jansch to Johnny Marr

    While on tour in Europe the psych-folk man runs down his favourite all-time players, ranging from a hardcore archetype to British folk mainstays

January 2016

  • kacey musgraves

    Buddy Miller & Friends: Cayamo Sessions at Sea review – country cruising

    These Caribbean cruise recordings are a fine showcase of the best voices country music has to offer

June 2015

  • musician richard thompson

    Richard Thompson: Still review – characteristically stormy

    Producer Jeff Tweedy brings extra texture to a fine set from the folk rock master
  • Richard Thompson

    Richard Thompson: Still review – impressive Jeff Tweedy-produced album

    Folk guitar hero Richard Thompson is joined by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and others for an impressive new electric set
  • Richard Thompson

    Album streams
    Richard Thompson – Still: exclusive album stream

    Have a listen to the latest Richard Thompson album – featuring production from Jeff Tweedy – and let us know your thoughts
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