Linda Thompson lost her ability to sing to spasmodic dysphonia, but the British folk-rock legend's music is still being heard on a new album. - Credit: Tom Oldham* On a recent afternoon in a ...

Shoot Out the Lights proved to be both a breakthrough and a farewell for Richard and Linda Thompson. The 1982 album chronicled the dissolution of their marriage. Once the record was released, the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. True folk royalty and one of our finest living singers, Linda Thompson rose through the rough ...

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 ...

When Richard Thompson plays the guitar, it can simply overwhelm listeners—in the best possible way. With just his two hands and ten fingers, the guy can conjure solid rhythmic foundations, smoothly ...

“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 ...