Linda Thompson, who ranks among the finest singers of her generation, hardly sings a note on “Proxy Music," her first album in over a decade. Instead, Thompson makes herself heard through her ...

“Once I had a voice clear and true … but now that voice is gone,” is the arresting opening declaration of The Solitary Traveller, the first thing we hear on a surprising new album by Linda Thompson, ...

Linda Thompson is one of several musicians who provide families with the beautiful music during services at Chattanooga Funeral Home chapels. Ms. Thompson is completing 38 years and says it’s been ...

Thus Proxy Music. The first line of the first song says it clearly: “I had a voice clear and true...” Sung by her daughter Kami, “Solitary Traveller” with its wurlitzer-style backing, has a melody ...

Already a couple, Richard and Linda Thompson decided that they’d start performing together as well. When their record label lost interest in their exploits, they decided to record together. I Want To ...

Linda Thompson gained acclaim for her endlessly evocative singing voice. She imbued many of the original songs written by her one-time husband, Richard, with tenderness and soul. But she also wrote ...

LINDA THOMPSON: When I did my last record we had a lot of material, and the more traditional stuff I kept to make a more traditional record. So I had half of it half recorded already. And it just went ...