Guardian Music — Gawsworth Hall, CheshireHalf a century after his first gig with Fairport Convention, folk-rocker Richard Thompson is as cool and contemporary as everThere are fitting environments for rock’n’roll gigs, and then there’s this gente... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Bomba Estereo, Richard Thompson, The Dodos, Atmosphere, The Orb, Circa Survive/La Dispute, and more NYC-area shows on sale today. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: High on Fire, Tank & The Bangas / Big Freedia, Richard Thompson, Peter Bjorn and John, and more tickets on sale. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The folk legend's new album '13 Rivers' comes out in September. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Three years ago, the legendary British folk guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson released Still , an album produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. He's back this year with 13 Rivers, one Thompson produced himself. It's his first self-produced album in... more info

Guardian Music — A regal list this week includes songs from Richard Thompson, Gilbert and Sullivan, Boy George and the ProclaimersHere is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of your suggestions last week. Thanks for taking part... more info

Uncut — Autumn jaunt will coincide with the release of a new album Photo by David Kaptein Autumn jaunt will coincide with the release of a new album The post Richard Thompson announces UK tour appeared first on Uncut. more info

Uncut — The story of Drake's life and career as told by Joe Boyd, John Wood, Richard Thompson, Beverley Martyn and more The story of Drake's life and career as told by Joe Boyd, John Wood, Richard Thompson, Beverley Martyn and more The post Nick Drake... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — A welcome addition to the Richard Thompson official live archive, this three-CD/two-DVD set captures the singer-songwriter-guitarist shortly after his split with Linda Thompson, his longtime personal and professional partner. Remarkably, the period i... more info

Chorus.fm — Frank Turner has announced a “Campfire Punkrock” event next year. It’s a four night all-inclusive event. After the initial backlash at calling something like this “punk,” Frank issued the following statement to NME: Like Peter Buck, Melissa... more info