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Jun 20, 2024 · Linda Thompson, limber at 76, didn’t want to give up on music. “Up until my 60s, I could still sing in the studio, at least on good days,” she said.
Jul 5, 2024 · Linda Thompson lost her ability to sing to spasmodic dysphonia, but the British folk-rock legend's music is still being heard on a new album. - Credit: Tom Oldham*
Jul 11, 2024 · Thompson cannot sing due to a medical condition, so Rufus and Martha Wainwright, John Grant and The Proclaimers are among vocal ‘proxies’.
Linda Thompson (née Pettifer, born 23 August 1947) is an English singer-songwriter. Thompson is one of the most recognised names and voices in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard Thompson, to whom she was married for ten years, and later as a solo artist.
Jun 21, 2024 · Metacritic Music Reviews, Proxy Music by Linda Thompson, While spasmodic dysphonia has stopped Linda Thompson from singing, 11 of her songs are performed by Eliza Carthy, Dori Freeman, John Grant, Ren Hav...
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To celebrate the release of Proxy Music, there will be an album release concert (with Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright, and John Grant, along with Loudon Wainwright III, Jill Sobule, and Syd Straw, at City Winery in New York on June 30, with Linda Thompson in attendance.
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Jun 17, 2024 · Linda is among the background vocalists on one cut, and the collaborative spirit reaches a zenith on the hilarious finale, “Those Damn Roches,” a waltz celebrating the bonds of blood and song.
