Richard Thompson News

Guitarist Scott Metzger is set to celebrate the release of his first solo album at Club Passim on March 30th. Metzger,  a full time member of the critically acclaimed band, Joe Russo's Almost Dead (JRAD), has also performed, recorded, and toured with artists including John Mayer, John Scofield, Warren Haynes, Nels Cline, Anders Osborne, Phil Lesh & many others. 

With these ten new songs, all of which she wrote on her own, Robinson beckons to those who are lost, lonely and struggling, hoping to help listeners find their place and feel less alone. 

New Jersey Performing Arts Center will welcome  English Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter RICHARD THOMPSON on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

In celebration of the new music, Robinson will embark on an extensive headline tour this fall including newly confirmed stops at New York’s City Vineyard, Atlanta’s Eddie’s Attic, Nashville’s High Watt, Greensboro’s Crown at Carolina Theatre, Asheville’s Grey Eagle, Denver’s Soiled Dove and Cambridge’s Club Passim among several others.

A collection of talented musicians will entertain with a variety of genres ranging from folk-rock to fiddle tunes to country and more. Patrons are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket for use on the grass.

Written over the course of the past several years, The Grief We Gave Our Mother is indeed a profoundly personal work of self-discovery and introspection, but more than that, it’s an ode to growing up and chasing dreams.

Tanglewood is announcing an update to its 2021 Popular Artist performances, many of which were originally slated to take place in June and July.

MN Black Theatre Circle, in partnership with the Guthrie Theater, will present Blackness Is…, a theater-inspired arts festival to be streamed May 21–22 at 7:30 p.m. and May 23 at 7 p.m. CDT. Over the course of three days, the festival will offer a dynamic and diverse showcase of theater, music, dance, poetry and spoken word.

With his new album The Changing Wilderness due for release on May 7th via Bella Union, and having previously shared lead track 'Tokens', today Will Stratton has shared new single 'When I've Been Born (I'll Love You)' and its accompanying visualizer. Watch and listen HERE.

Today, Bella Union has announced the return of Will Stratton, whose new album The Changing Wilderness will be released on May 7th, 2021. Today Stratton has also shared first track titled 'Tokens' and its accompanying lyric video.

Eliza Gilkyson, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated (2006/2014) folk singer, songwriter and activist is one of the most respected musicians in Folk Roots/Americana music today.

The Pegasus Opera Company will present 'Legacy & Hope,' a concert celebrating Black History Month. This free performance can be viewed at 7.30pm on Sunday 25 October.

Today, Robert Plant releases his career-spanning 2-CD set DIGGING DEEP: SUBTERRANEA.

In its first ticketed livestream production, Arden Concert Gild presents an evening with David Bromberg live from Arden Gild Hall on Saturday, September 19, 2020 a?" the night of his 75th birthday. 

In its first ticketed livestream production, Arden Concert Gild presents an evening with David Bromberg live from Arden Gild Hall on Saturday, September 19, 2020 a?" the night of his 75th birthday. 

Today Robert Plant shares the first of three previously unreleased songs from his upcoming career-spanning new 2-CD set DIGGING DEEP. “Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up – Part 1),” taken from the soon-to-be-released album Band of Joy Volume 2, is available now at all digital service providers.

Robert Plant will mark the eagerly awaited third season of his hugely popular podcast, Digging Deep with Robert Plant, with the release of a career-spanning new 2-CD set DIGGING DEEP.

Pop legend Sir Cliff Richard, songwriter Guy Chambers, and Syrian-American folk artist Bedouine will all perform as part of the Royal Albert Hall's programme of exclusive streamed shows.

Celebrated singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright and classical violinist Nicola Benedetti are the two latest names to be added to the Royal Albert Hall's series of exclusive streamed sessions.

Adapting to address the needs of a greater community of artists, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists 2020 is a four-week series of workshops, mini-courses, and collaborative projects taking place online June 9 - July 2, with most of the festival events, featuring over 20 guest artists and speakers, accessible online and open to the public.