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Van Morrison, Richard Thompson, Blondie: The Hop Farm Festival, July 2, 2010

5428 days ago
UncutLike the many thousands who will eventually be here this evening, I’m still on my way to the Hop Farm when Los Lobos play, which is why when I get there, the band’s David Hidalgo, instrumental star of the last two Bob Dylan albums, is already in ... more info

Meltdown 2010 | Richard Thompson turns it all the way up to 11

5436 days ago
Guardian MusicThe guitar hero was an energetic yet self-effacing star turn as curator. And his rousing, 11-day festival – poignant, rich and funny – leaves next year's organisers with a slight headacheFor Richard Thompson, the experience of curating this year'... more info

Richard Thompson's Meltdown

5436 days ago
Guardian MusicExclusive backstage photographs from Richard Thompson's Meltdown in London, starring Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello, Dangermouse, Rob Brydon, Nick Cave and many more more info

Taqwacore punks/Wainwright & Thompson | Pop/Folk review

5440 days ago
Guardian MusicSouthbank Centre, LondonRichard Thompson converted to Islam in the mid-1970s, and the bravest, if not most successful, event of his Meltdown festival was surely this concert featuring young American bands who are trying to match Sufism with rock musi... more info

Broken Bells

5441 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonThere are, no doubt, more screamingly obvious band misnomers (the Pop Group perhaps take the top spot with their post-punk racket), but the collaboration between Gnarls Barkley wunder-producer Danger Mouse and James Mercer ... more info

Elvis Costello

5442 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonAs Father's Day gifts go, it would be hard to imagine a better present than the one offered by Elvis Costello to his dad: the perfect concert at the Festival Hall. Elvis dedicated his second number Veronica (the song about ... more info

Richard Thompson's 1,000 Years of Popular Music

5442 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonIt has taken Meltdown curator Richard Thompson most of his career to think of himself as a showman – for a long time he was happy to let his mesmerising guitar do his talking – but his 1,000 Years of Popular Music provi... more info

Meltdown 2010: An Evening of Political Song; the Duckworth Lewis Method; Seasick Steve | Live review

5443 days ago
Guardian MusicMeltdown festival, Southbank Centre, London SE1From politics and cricket to singalongs with blues stomper Seasick Steve, Richard Thompson's passion for folk-based, rootsy music makes for a rousing week on the SouthbankBerets off to Richard Thompson, ... more info

Richard Thomspon's Meltdown

5443 days ago
Guardian MusicExclusive backstage photographs from Richard Thompson's Meltdown festival at the Southbank in London, starring: Martha and Rufus Wainwright, Paolo Nutini, Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave and many many more more info

saturday afternoon updates continued

5444 days ago
Totally FuzzyEkko said... Fashwan-The Ode to Illmatic http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com jeffen said... Somehwere between changing from an an anarcho-punk band to an anarcho-dance-punk band to the anarcho-folk-punk band they are today Chumabawamba had a massive hi... more info

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