Richard Thompson Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

I’m Gonna Break Somebody’s Heart Tonight: Rumor and Sigh at 30

June 29, 2021July 7, 2021 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, 1991, 30th Anniversary, Alternative Rock, Capitol, Fairport Convention, Mitchell Froom, MTV, Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh

Richard Thompson’s opening salvo for the 1990s remains one of the best works in the English guitar maverick’s extensive catalog

Blues Pop Soul

With a Superb New Album, Tom Jones Intertwines Music With Memories

May 5, 2021May 11, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Joe Shaver, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, John Lee Hooker, Keith Richards, Long Lost Suitcase, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Praise & Blame, Richard Thompson, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Spirit in the Room, Surrounded By Time, Tom Jones, Tom Waits

On the cusp of 81, the Welsh pop icon still knocks ’em dead as Surrounded By Time sees him tackling tunes by Dylan, Macca, the Stones and more

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 11: September 2020

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Depeche Mode, Famous Quotes, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jim Sullivan, Juliette and the Licks, Juliette Lewis, Les Paul, Martin Gore, Mini-Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Richard Thompson, Sam Phillips

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Folk Psychedelics Rock

Remembering Judy Dyble

July 13, 2020July 16, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Ashley “Tyger” Hutchings, British Folk, Fairport Convention, Giles Giles and Fripp, Ian Matthews, Judy Dyble, King Crimson, Richard Thompson, RIP, Robert Fripp, Sandy Denny, Simon Nicol

The British folk great, the first singer with Fairport Convention, makes her final departure

Pop

ALBUMS: A Prodigal Son’s Return? Heartbreaker, Please!

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2020, Heartbreaker Please, Jeff Hill, Linda Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson solves his influences and finally makes a great album

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

Across A Crowded Room: Live at Barrymore’s 1985 Pulls Up a Piece of Richard Thompson’s Past

November 8, 2019November 10, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments Across A Crowded Room, Across a Crowded Room – Live at Barrymore's 1985, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Richard Thompson

This previously unreleased concert album rocks amidst the throes of the British guitar titan’s most transitional period

Folk Records Rock

A Hero In The Suburbs: Richard Thompson’s Mock Tudor at 20

August 31, 2019September 4, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Across a Crowded Room – Live at Barrymore's 1985, Capitol Records, Mirror Blue, Mock Tudor, Richard Thompson, Rob Schnapf, Rumor and Sigh, Tom Rothrock

A look back at the British guitar hero’s last album for Capitol

Folk Rock

The Rails: On Track to Bring the Rock Back to Folk/Rock

August 20, 2019August 22, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments CALL ME WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG, Cancel the Sun, James Walbourne, Kami Thompson, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Stephen Street, The Rails, Thirty Tigers

RNR Globe exclusive with Kami Thompson and James Walbourne

Pop Rock

Let’s Talk About Night Owl

August 9, 2019August 13, 2019 Jedediah Smith 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Can I Have My Money Back?, Gerry Rafferty, Michael McDonald, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Thompson, Stealer’s Wheel, The Humblebums, Walter Egan

40 years later, Gerry Rafferty’s 1979 LP has aged quite well, all things considered, yes?

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

He Rode the Slipstream

February 25, 2019April 11, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson’s underrated fan fave Mirror Blue at 25

Blues Country and/or Western Electronic Folk Heavy Metal Hip Hop jazz New Wave Pop Punk Rock Soul

The Rock and Roll Globe Top 20 Albums of 2018

December 31, 2018January 5, 2019 rnrglobe 0 Comments 2018, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, John Prine, Kacey Musgraves, Neneh Cherry, Richard Thompson

Counting down our faves from a weird, wild year

Rock

Linda Thompson Presents My Mother Doesn’t Know I’m On Stage

September 26, 2018September 27, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Colin Firth, Justin Vivian Bond, Linda Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Teddy Thompson

A new collaborative album explores the British folk great’s roots in Vaudeville

Rock

Let The Rivers Run

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 Jim Allen 0 Comments 13 Rivers, Fairport Convention, Guitarists, New West Records, Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson talks craft, creativity and cutting 13 Rivers

Rock

Temple of Low Men at 30

July 24, 2018July 25, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1988, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Richard Thompson, Tim Finn

Celebrating three decade of Crowded House’s singular masterpiece

Rock

The Rails: New Directions in British Folk Rock

July 14, 2018July 16, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments BBC Radio 2, British Folk, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, The Rails

An exclusive conversation with the best husband-wife duo in English folk since Kami Thompson’s parents