The Decemberists : The Mariner’s Revenge Song [ purchase ] I wrote previously about seeing Richard Thompson in England with my family. ...

Chris Smither: Surprise Surprise [ purchase ] Chris Smither is one of those musicians I learned about on account of my love for Bonni...

Jill Sobule : Karen by Night [ purchase ] Prepare to be surprised. If you look on the sidebar to your left, you will see that our new t...

Mary Lou Lord : Beeswing [ purchase ] 1952 Vincent Black Lightning and Beeswing both stand out on the Richard Thompson albums on which ...

Del McCoury Band: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning [ purchase ] Here we are again, at the altar of the "1952 Vincent Black Lightning...

Maddy Prior/Martin Carthy : The Great Valerio [ purchase ] To offer up a decent Richard Thompson cover, I had to put on my thinking cap t...

June Tabor : The Great Valerio [ purchase ] June Tabor’s arrangement of The Great Valerio has no rhythm track. Tabor sings the melody o...

Patty Loveless : Tear-Stained Letter [ purchase ] Patty Loveless is an unlikely artist to cover Richard Thompson. For most of her car...

M. Ward & Zooey Deschanel : When I Get To The Border [ purchase dvd ] I’m a huge Richard Thompson fan, but I was surprisingly not ex...

Robert Plant: House of Cards [purchase] Richard Thompson and Robert Plant were born about a year apart (Plant being slightly the older...

Mary Black: The Dimming Of The Day [ purchase ] I'm cheating a little here, posting a cover which I've handled recently. But I sup...

Elvis Costello : Withered And Died [ Purchase ] It is believed that Elvis Costello recorded "Withered And Died" as an apology ...

Three Quarter Ale : Crazy Man Michael [ purchase ] Richard Ruane : Crazy Man Michael [ purchase ] So here we are in a week of Richa...

Frankie Yankovic: Too Fat Polka [ purchase ] In 2009 the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States eliminat...

For these guys, Elvis has never left the building Carl Perkins : Put Your Cat Clothes On [ purchase ] One of the highlights of my vi...

Chromeo : Fancy Footwork [ purchase ] I don’t dance. That said, when I do dance, it’s typically only under the influence of excess. Excessiv...

Tom T. Hall : I Can't Dance [ purchase ] And now a word from the loyal opposition. Not that I’m opposed to dancing. Not at a...

Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions: Boogie Wonderland [ purchase ] Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland" ...

Young Disciples : Apparently Nothin’ [ purchase ] Acid Jazz.  A dreadful name for a wonderful little movement.  Back in the early 1990s...

Girls From Mars : Jitter Joe [ purchase ] I was going to post this this week in any case, but the last post by 1001 Songs of Carolina G...