Richard Thompson is a consummate singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career stretches back to the late ’60s, when he was a founding member of the British folk-rock Fairport Convention. In the late ’70s, with his then-wife, Linda, he recorded Shoot Out the Lights, which regularly makes critics’ lists of the top ten records of all time. In the ’90s, he experienced another career renaissance with the album Rumor & Sigh and he remains an elder-statesman of alternative rock.