Richard Thompson will release a brand-new studio album 13 Rivers on CD,
vinyl and digital in September 2018 via Proper Records. This will be
Thompson’s first collection of new material since 2015’s Still.
13 Rivers also marks Thompson’s first self-produced record for over a decade
and he feels this makes for an emotionally direct album that speaks from the
heart with no filters.
“This has been an intense year for myself and my family,” says Thompson.
“Getting older doesn’t mean that life gets easier! There are surprises
around every bend. I think this reflects in the immediacy of the stories, and
the passion in the songs. Sometimes I am speaking directly about events, at
other times songs are an imaginative spin on what life throws at you. The music
is just a mirror to life, but we try to polish that mirror as brightly as
possible.”
The thirteen-track album was recorded in Los Angeles, and features his regular
accompanists, Michael Jerome and Taras Prodaniuk, and Richard’s guitar tech,
Bobby Eichorn, on second guitar. Tracks were recorded analog, with a stripped
down, bare-bones approach and minimal overdubbing.
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