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Following the release of Acoustic Classics Vol. II to great reviews in
August, Richard
Thompson will release Acoustic Rarities (Beeswing via Proper Distribution) on
October 6,
just ahead of his UK tour that month.
Acoustic Rarities is new recordings of some of the more obscure songs in the
Thompson
catalogue, some previously existing only as cover versions.
Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of All Time,
Richard
Thompson is also one of the world’s 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
Britain’s 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 Americanas for both
“Artist of
the Year” and “Song of the Year”.