Chicago Tribune — Bob Mould, Richard Thompson and Shara Worden’s My Brightest Diamond are among the headliners for this summer's Downtown Sound, Millennium Park’s annual free concert series. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Noblesville, Indiana -- During a musical interlude early in his set Friday night, Bob Dylan faced the audience and playfully shook his shoulders, prompting a gleeful eruption from the thousand who had gathered at the Klipsch Center, an outdoor venue ... more info

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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The debut album from Shovels and Rope has propelled the Charleston, S.C.-based indie folk-country duo past such stalwarts as Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell , Dwight Yoakam, Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller and Richard Thompson to lead the 2013 Americ... more info

Mercury News, California — Highlights thus far include X, Richard Thompson, Joan Jett. Acts to follow include the Zac Brown Band, Kings of Leon. more info

Mercury News, California — Best Coast, Violent Femmes, Richard Thompson among the top reasons to attend the four-day music festival, set for May 9-12 in downtown Napa more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “Some songs deserve to fall off the radar,” wrote Richard Thompson curtly in response to a question on his website about a handful of “lost” tunes he and his then-wife Linda Thompson debuted back in 1977. The songs in question: “The Madness... more info

Chicago Tribune — Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell brought their opening act, Richard Thompson, back on stage with them Wednesday at Symphony Center for a well-deserved encore. Thompson melted in with the band for a while, then stepped out to trade guitar solos as Cr... more info

Prefix —   Afghan Whigs @ Fader Fort by Andy Pareti Allen Stone @ Rusty's by Suzi Pratt Alt-J ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/sxsw-2013-friday-pics-usher-kendrick-lamar-alt-j-a/ more info

Chicago Tribune — Again Richard Thompson makes the case with his latest album, “Electric” (New West): He belongs with Bob Dylan, Neil Young and a handful of others in his ability to sustain a high level of artistic intensity and integrity in a career that has been... more info