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 ...

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 ...

Richard Thompson may not be a household name. But he’s the kind of songwriter and guitarist revered by many music legends. He played a pivotal role in Britain’s late 1960s folk music revival. After ...

Linda Thompson, who ranks among the finest singers of her generation, hardly sings a note on "Proxy Music," her first album in over a decade. Instead, Thompson makes herself heard through her ...

There is a Richard Thompson song from 1975 called "Dimming of the Day." It was released on "Pour Down Like Silver," the third album Thompson released with his then-wife Linda after he left Fairport ...

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 ...

Linda Thompson, who ranks among the finest singers of her generation, hardly sings a note on “Proxy Music," her first album in over a decade. Instead, Thompson makes herself heard through her ...

Linda Thompson, who ranks among the finest singers of her generation, hardly sings a note on “Proxy Music,” her first album in over a decade. Instead, Thompson makes herself heard through her ...

Linda Thompson, who ranks among the finest singers of her generation, hardly sings a note on “Proxy Music," her first album in over a decade. Instead, Thompson makes herself heard through her ...