Fairport Convention co-founder Richard Thompson has announced the release of his first studio album in six years. Thompson will release the 12-track Ship To Shore through New West Records on May 31.

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 ...

This cover image released by New West Records shows "Ship to Shore" by Richard Thompson. (New West Records via AP) For more than half a century, British guitarist Richard Thompson has created albums ...

Folk rock legend and former Fairport Convention member Richard Thompson has announced a new album, Ship To Shore, due May 31 via New West Records (pre-order). It’s his first album since his acclaimed ...

Eight CDs. A comprehensive box set that covers the couple's entire career and is a must-have for fans of Richard and Linda Thompson as well as a definitive introduction to a body of work which ...

Dark times, you say? All rivers meet their end when they meet the sea, and Ship to Shore, featuring the same line-up of players in drummer Michael Jerome, bassist Taras Prodaniuk and guitarist Bobby ...

Richard Thompson, who has released a brand new album, 13 Rivers, excels at all facets of his art. He is a revered songwriter who has amassed a rich and staggeringly consistent catalog of music, ...

We’ve come to the end of the last workweek of May. As usual, our reward is a stack of new country and Americana albums. With summer, the halfway point of the year, and festival season right around the ...

“If you love to dance to the music of the 15th century,” Richard Thompson tells the audience at Annapolis’s Rams Head on Stage, “you’ll love this one.” That song, “The Old Pack Mule,” does have the ...