Former Fairport Convention guitarist Richard Thomspon has come to the rescue of his former bandmates, stepping in to replace Trevor Horn at this year's Cropredy Festival, after the latter was forced ...

Tickets for the three-day pilgrimage are now on sale, and expected to sell very quickly. Taking place across the 13th, 14th and 15th of August 2026, the festival of folk, roots and rock will once ...

SINGER-SONGWRITER and guitarist extraordinaire Richard Thompson is far too modest to admit it but his star has never shone brighter than it is at the moment. Now 58, the man who was a founder member ...

The British singer/guitarist spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 and '22 about about his formative years and about pioneering a new musical genre that blended rock with traditional music of the British isles.

You may not know his name but for nearly half a century Richard Thompson has been performing and recording music. Although the British born guitar player has never attained stardom, his songs have ...

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