Acoustic Rarities

Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time, Richard Thompson is also one of the worlds most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for Songwriting on both sides of the Atlantic from the Americana Music Association in Nashville to Britains BBC Awards as well as the prestigious Ivor Novello. In 2011, Thompson received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) personally bestowed upon him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In the USA, Thompson has been nominated at the Americana Music Association Awards for both Artist of the Year and Song of the Year. His previously released CD, Still, was produced by Wilcos Jeff Tweedy which reached #6 in the UK charts (just ahead of Taylor Swift)!