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20 hours ago · Thompson on His Favorite Tracks on Ship to Shore. “I like all of them,” he said with a laugh when asked about his favorite track on the album. “That’s a good thing,” he added ...
1 day ago · "If [Henry the Human Fly] was a statement of intent, then the opening track was the distillation of the statement," Thompson wrote in Beeswing.Indeed, while "Roll Over Vaughn Williams" isn't the strongest song he ever wrote, it's a perfect opening salvo: a 22-year-old Thompson, emancipated from English folk-rockers Fairport Convention, sounds his strange, beautiful clarion call.
2 days ago · Although it’s been six years since Richard Thompson’s last album—2018’s 13 Rivers—the 12 songs on his new effort Ship To Shore (New West Records) illustrate that he’s lost no ground. The album kicks off with the swirling guitars and driving rhythms of “Freeze,” a Celtic-African number that conveys the raggedness of indecision ...
2 days ago · Ship To Shore. ★★★★. NEW WEST. Spidering his way into the bleakest corner of his first album in six years, Richard Thompson sees through the eyes of a soldier struggling with PTSD on the quietly crushing The Fear Never Leaves You. “Numb is heaven, oblivion wealth,” sings the 75-year-old master of the dark arts in his customary ...
3 days ago · Ship to Shore is Richard’s 20 th solo album and first since the 2018’s acclaimed 13 Rivers . Six years is a long time to wait by anybody’s reckoning but when talking about an artist as normally prolific as Richard Thompson, such a period seems like an eternity. There is a reason for the delay, of course: “COVID kind of halted everything ...
1 day ago · Richard Thompson’s new album ends a five-year hiatus, the longest break of his career For more than half a century, British guitarist Richard Thompson has created albums filled with curious ...
Mar 11, 2024 · Richard Thompson’s new album “Ship to Shore” and tour announced. The legendary Richard Thompson will return with “ Ship To Shore” on May 31, 2024 via New West Records. The 12-song set was produced by Thompson and recorded in Woodstock, NY.
