Linda Thompson

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Born 23 August 1947.

UK folk vocalist, ex-wife of Richard Thompson

Linda Thompson Philip Ryalls/Redferns

Biography

Linda Thompson (born Linda Pettifer on 23 August 1947) is a British singer.

Thompson became one of the most recognised names—and voices—in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her former husband and fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard Thompson, and later as a solo artist.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Versatile Heart 2007

    Review of Versatile Heart

    Reviewed by Rob Crossan

    Stark, honest and understated, Versatile Heart is easily the equal of Thompson’s...

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