Guardian Music — As this column celebrates its fifth birthday, we'd like you to suggest songs with commemorative themesLook at this. It's the first ever Readers Recommend blog, posted five years ago on 1 September 2005. The theme was change. Almost everyone posted un... more info

Guardian Music — An eclectic set of nominations from a horribly subjective topicThat joke isn't funny any more, someone once sang, but which jokes were funny in the first place? Humour is a horribly subjective thing, and asking readers to post their favourite songs w... more info

The Telegraph — Thompson sacrifices subtety in playing blazing with wild passion. Rating * * * * more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — For his latest album, Thompson has aimed to inject a batch of new songs with the energy and spontaneity of live performance. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — As one of the preeminent singers and songwriters to emerge from Great Britain’s folk-rock scene of the 1960s, Richard Thompson is one of the very few still as acutely interested in what he’ll be doing tomorrow as what he did... more info

Guardian Music — (Proper)This is gloriously vicious, bitter, sad and bleak, even by Richard Thompson's standards. Recording live with a four-piece band, he continues his assault on human folly and unpleasantness with 11 new songs that deal with bankers, murderers, s... more info

All About Jazz — Innerviews, a pioneering online music magazine located at innerviews.org, and Heuristic Media, a leading mobile app development company, are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Innerviews app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch via the ... more info

Guardian Music — (Proper)Recording a new album in concert is a calculated risk, but it pays off handsomely here, injecting a new batch of Thompson songs with more energy than the studio would likely have supplied. Thompson's brooding moods are balanced by jaunty outi... more info

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Guardian Music — Last week, we sweated over manual labour. Now let's all get lean and green with the pedal machineTinkle Tinkle! Mind out, mate! What's that? A red light? Ha, means nothing to me. Check me out! SQUISH.Yes, it's the mad, bad and dangerous world of bicy... more info