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Readers recommend: songs about breathing – results

Thu, May 02 2013 1:28pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Tangerine Dream 's lovely instrumental Breath Kissing Matter's Mouth suggests the burgeoning and multiplying of life on Earth, the incredible fecundity of nature.

Garth Hudson, Richard Thompson, Graham Parker, Eric Bibb, others – The Beautiful Old (2013)

Sat, April 27 2013 12:14pm - Source: Something Else!

It's difficult, as it plays, to believe that The Beautiful Old focuses on sheet-music favorites from before the advent of electricity.

Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, and Richard Thompson team up for shenanigans and misadventures

Tue, April 23 2013 12:41pm - Source: Chromewaves

John Shearer The era of the touring festival has by and large given way to massive destination and regional festivals – it seemingly being easier to bring a bunch of bands and tens of thousands of fans to one place than it is to bring a bunch of bands to hundreds of thousands of fans in a bunch of places – but sometimes a touring bill is so impressive that it warrants a fancy name of its own.

Gardening is slimming aid

Thu, April 18 2013 11:18pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

An American study found female gardeners had an average body mass index – a calculation based on height and weight – 1.84 lower than those who didn't sow seeds, weed or mow the lawn.

Channelling From Some Other Place: Richard Thompson Interviewed

Tue, April 16 2013 1:17pm - Source: The Quietus

The aesthetic rule of thumb of my teenage years, to basically judge a book by its cover, let me down with Richard Thompson.

They Say It’s Your Birthday: Richard Thompson

Wed, April 03 2013 9:28pm - Source: Cover Me

They Say It's Your Birthday celebrates an artist's special day with other people singing his or her songs.

SXSW 2013: day two, Austin, Texas, review

Fri, March 15 2013 3:35pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

As Emmylou Harris stepped majestically onto the stage at SXSW – what must have been her umpteenth southern stage after 45-odd years making music – she told her adoring crowd: "You look good".

Live Review: Richard Thompson at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London (2/25)

Wed, February 27 2013 12:19am - Source: Consequence of Sound

Clad all in black with small splashes of colour provided by abstract figures on his shirt and neck-scarf and wearing his trademark black beret, Richard Thompson took the stage like a veteran son of the revolution.

Richard Thompson

Fri, February 15 2013 3:17pm - Source: The Music Mix

With his crisp and clear vocals and truly brilliant guitar playing, Richard Thompson has never failed to enthral and entrance audiences throughout his long an illustrious career and, unlike many of his peers, has never been content to rest on his laurels and just plough through his back catalogue time and again.

Richard Thompson interview: Cheerful man with an 'inner Brontë'

Fri, February 15 2013 8:06am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

"There was luck involved, too, in that my parents did not move to South London when they were planning to, so I got to hang out with my friends Ashley Hutchings and Simon Nicol at a Muswell Hill house called Fairport (hence the band's name Fairport Convention) and it grew from there. I just hoped I would end up doing something in a creative context rather than in an office."

Album Review: Richard Thompson – Electric

Thu, February 07 2013 5:28am - Source: Consequence of Sound

Peek at the prismatic cover art of veteran songwriter-guitarist Richard Thompson' s new album Electric and you might expect some fretboard fireworks.

Richard Thompson played Joe's Pub (pics, setlist)

Wed, February 06 2013 11:06pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

There's been a big revival in folk and roots music in the last few years, ' why do you think this is?

Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson's Electrifying New Tour And Album

Wed, February 06 2013 8:07pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Two factors make it likely that Richard Thompson's current tour will deliver some of the best live shows of his career.

CD Review: Richard Thompson, “Electric”

Wed, February 06 2013 2:44pm - Source: Pop Dose

Richard Thompson — or, more properly, Richard Thompson, Esq., OBE — is arguably the finest white guitarist of his generation.

Out This Week 2/5

Mon, July 22 5011 10:04pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

You just keep hitting us week after week with one killer list of new releases after another.

Legendary Guitar Player Unveils New Album

Mon, February 04 2013 5:11pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

On "Electric," Richard Thompson plugs in and delivers his most generous helping of guitar solos in many years, perhaps ever.

New Music Monday: Richard Thompson, Wayne Shorter, Chris Stamey, Steve Slagle, Lisa Loeb, Depeche Mode

Mon, February 04 2013 2:06pm - Source: Something Else!

We have scorching new jazz from Wayne Shorter for you, along with equally trenchant — and, yeah, loud — stuff from Richard Thompson and Lisa Loeb.

Best of January 2013: Readers pick Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Steven Wilson, Richard Thompson, Depeche Mode

Fri, February 01 2013 7:01pm - Source: Something Else!

Four of this month's reader-selected Top 10 items on Something Else!

Richard Thompson – Electric (2013)

Wed, January 30 2013 1:56pm - Source: Something Else!

Richard Thompson amps up the dying-light rage that has always made for his best albums, while smartly avoiding the studio trickery that sometimes muted his gift during the Mitchell Froom years.

Tom Waits, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, The Beach Boys, Richard Thompson in the new Uncut

Wed, January 30 2013 9:31am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Tom Waits is staring back at me from the cover of the new Uncut, which goes on sale this Thursday, January 31.

Richard Thompson - Electric

Mon, January 28 2013 1:42pm - Source: BBC Music

Richard Thompson is one of the few songwriters who can still invest the most pessimistic sentiments with a streak of bitter humour.

Richard Thompson unveils new album and tour

Wed, November 21 2012 4:47pm - Source: The Music Mix

Declared by Rolling Stone as one of the Top 20 Guitarists Of All Time and considered one of the UK�s most outstanding songwriters, musician Richard Thompson returns with a brand new, guitar driven record titled Electric for Proper Records on Monday, February 11th.

Richard Thompson Returns With New Album

Mon, November 19 2012 12:41pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

One of the finest guitarists to emerge from these Isles, Richard Thompson is seemingly in the mood to crank up the volume.

Richard Thompson: Good Things Happen to Bad People - first listen

Sat, November 17 2012 9:33pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Folk guitarist Richard Thompson is to release the song Good Things Happen to Bad People, the lead track from his upcoming album Electric.

Richard Thompson Amps Up in 'Good Things Happen to Bad People' - Premiere

Mon, November 12 2012 2:22pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The British folk singer-songwriter/guitar god Richard Thompson cut 16 tracks for his latest record, Electric – out February 5th on New West Records – in a speedy, spontaneous four days at producer Buddy Miller's home studio in Nashville.

Desert Island Discs: Guitar Record Edition

Tue, October 30 2012 1:01pm - Source: Something Else!

Stuck on a desert island, you're going to want to rock every once in a while, right?

Readers recommend: songs about embarrassment – results

Thu, October 25 2012 1:15pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Embarrassment can feel like you're being attacked from all sides.

Josh Harty, Nowhere, album review

Mon, October 22 2012 6:36pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Harty also covers Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.

Kate Rusby - 20

Fri, October 19 2012 2:32pm - Source: BBC Music

In 1992 Kate Rusby was, you fondly imagine, a nervy teenager who couldn't have dreamed of the outstanding career that lay ahead.

Cover Classics: Beat the Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson

Fri, September 14 2012 9:27pm - Source: Cover Me

Cover Classics takes a closer look at all-cover albums of the past, their genesis, and their legacy.

Americana Music Awards 2012

Fri, September 14 2012 8:17pm - Source: Twang Nation

It was another night when the disciples of roots music congregated within the hallowed walls of the Mother Church of Country Music, and the Ryman Auditorium, to homage to that which ties us together and makes us whole.

‘It was sort of embarrassing’: Bob Mould discusses his musical debt to Richard Thompson

Sun, September 09 2012 5:45pm - Source: Something Else!

For all of the musical ferocity associated with Bob Mould — both as a solo artist and as a key creative force in Husker Du and Sugar — there's one key influence some might never have guessed: Folk legend Richard Thompson.

Saturday Night Live at Celtic Connections

Sun, August 26 2012 3:27am - Source: MOG

Filmed in January 2011 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow as part of the annual Celtic Connections festival, this superb performance by The Richard Thompson Band marks their first live concert DVD release for five years.

Richard Thompson and Booker T. Jones to receive Americana Lifetime Achievement Awards

Sun, June 24 2012 4:09am - Source: Music-News.com

The Americana Music Association have announced that Richard Thompson and Booker T. Jones will receive the Lifetime Achievement Awards at this years 11th Annual Honors and Awards Ceremony, September 12, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Review Revue: Richard Thompson – Hand of Kindness

Thu, March 01 2012 10:58pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

As we come to the end of this pledge week, the phrase "Hand of Kindness" seems to have particular resonance.

Mike Ragogna: Live At The Celtic Connections: A Conversation With Richard Thompson, Plus A CeCe Teneal Video Exclusive

Fri, February 03 2012 5:55am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Here is an exclusive HuffPost music video premiere from "The Voice of Neo-Blues," CeCe Teneal, who unleashes her first video, "Eleanor Rigby."

COMIC BOOK NEWS AND HILARITY

Sun, January 29 2012 10:56am - Source: Berkeley Place

They have totally changed the opening to the Walking Dead.

Wayback Wednesday - I Want TO See The Bright Lights Tonight - 1974

Thu, December 08 2011 2:32am - Source: MOG

After the marked lack of success achieved by his first album, Henry The Human Fly, British singer/songwriter/guitarist Richard Thompson struck up a personal and professional relationship with Linda Peters, a session singer.

Versionality: “Season of the Witch”

Mon, October 31 2011 2:10pm - Source: Pop Dose

A few months ago when the Popdose staff was voting on their favorite covers of all time, I placed Richard Thompson's cover of "Season of the Witch," originally performed by Donovan and released 1966, at number two.

Richard Thompson tour hits NYC this weekend, was in Long Island last month (pics)

Fri, October 14 2011 5:11pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Richard Thompson opened his 90-minute set in the Southern Theatre [on 10/5] with a song that contained the line, "One door opens/Another shuts behind."

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