British folk singer Richard Thompson has just been informed that he and wild man punk rocker Iggy Pop will both be performing in the Tampa Bay area on Friday. Some music lovers, naturally, are having ...
Aco-founder of the pioneering British folk outfit Fairport Convention and a co-author, with not-yet-ex-wife Linda, of the harrowing breakup classic "Shoot Out the Lights," Richard Thompson has had a ...
In 2017, Ivor Novello Award-winning and GRAMMY® Award-nominated legend Richard Thompson gave himself up to the music itself. Picking up a guitar, emotions echoed through his deft fleet-fingered ...
Rolling Stone has named Richard Thompson a top 100 guitarists and called him “one of rock’s most dazzling stylists.” Who: Richard Thompson When: 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 7 Where: Uptown Theatre, 1350 ...
Richard Thompson has been making music for a very long time. From his days in the late 1960s as a teenage guitar player and songwriter with the seminal British folk rock group Fairport Convention to ...
Top musicians tend to lead exciting lives, meeting fascinating, inspiring people along the way. All those experiences are fodder for the best songwriters, who often use these characters to populate ...