This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Richard Thompson, the British singer-songwriter-guitarist who has been writing and recording music since the '60s, is about to launch a summer concert tour and ...

Former Fairport Convention guitarist Richard Thomspon has come to the rescue of his former bandmates, stepping in to replace Trevor Horn at this year's Cropredy Festival, after the latter was forced ...

Richard Thompson began his music career as the guitarist for the English folk rock band Fairport Convention. Following his time with the group, he... Richard Thompson Richard Thompson began his music ...

The amazing Richard Thompson has enjoyed a long, storied career that has taken him through many distinct eras. There was his time with the folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention, as well as his solo ...

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British folk-rocker Richard Thompson’s live performances are so electrifying, so heartfelt, that those who attend long remember their first RT show. “I saw Richard the first time in the early ’90s at ...

The British singer/guitarist talks about his formative years, and about pioneering a new musical genre that blended rock with traditional music of... Fairport Convention band cofounder Richard ...