Name: Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips at Revolution Hall
Start: 2026-04-14T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 1300 SE Stark St, # 110, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97214

Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips at Revolution Hall

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Richard Thompson:
Richard Thompson’s musical influence cannot be overstated. Having co-founded the groundbreaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the ‘60s, he and his bandmates invented the distinctive strain of British Folk Rock. He left the group by the age of 21 which was followed by a decade long musical partnership with his then-wife Linda, to over 30 years as a highly successful solo artist. In 2011, Thompson received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) personally bestowed upon him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. The Los Angeles Times called him “the finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix” and Rolling Stone has named him one of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time. He has received lifetime achievement awards for songwriting from the BBC Radio 2 Awards, the Americana Music Association, and was awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award. His song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” was named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Greatest Songs Since 1923.” A wide range of musicians have recorded Thompson’s songs including Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, Del McCoury, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Jones, David Byrne, Don Henley, Los Lobos, and many more. His massive body of work includes many Grammy nominated albums as well as numerous soundtracks, including Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man and 2019’s The Cold Blue. His genre defying mastery of both acoustic and electric guitar along with engaging energy and onstage wit continue to earn him new fans and a place as one of the most distinctive virtuosos and writers in Folk Rock history. On May 31, 2024 Richard Thompson will release the anticipated Ship To Shore, his first studio album in six years.

Zara Phillips:
Zara Phillips is a singer and songwriter, actor, author, and activist whose work centers on adoption and its lifelong impact. An adoptee raised in North London, she found her birth mother at 24 and her birth father at 51. After early work as a harmony singer with artists like Bob Geldof and David Essex, she became sober at 22 and focused on her own music, writing, and advocacy. Her albums “When The Rain Stops” and “You Me and Us” were produced by Ted Perlman, and her film “Roots Unknown” won Best Homegrown Documentary at the NJ Garden State Film Festival. Her books “Mother Me” and “Somebody’s Daughter” explore identity and family, the latter also adapted into a play and a film now on Amazon Prime. Her song “I’m Legit,” cowritten with Darryl McDaniels of DMC, became an adoption-community anthem, and her one-woman show “Beneath My Father’s Sky” won Best Direction at NYC’s United Solo Festival. She received an Angel in Adoption award in 2015 and tours with her husband, musician Richard Thompson.