Fashionably Late

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Personnel includes: Linda Thompson (vocals); Kate Rusby (acoustic guitar, background vocals); John Doyle, Teddy Thompson (acoustic guitar); Jerry Donahue (electric guitar); John McCusker (cittern); Richard Greene (fiddle); Ruth Gottlieb, Howard Gott (violin); Robert Spriggs (viola); Sarah Wilson (cello); Van Dyke Parks (accordion); Andy Cutting (diatonic accordion); Peter Adams (keyboards); Geraint Watkins (Hammond B-3 organ); Danny Thompson (double bass, arco bass); Mike Rivard (electric bass); Rori McFarlane (fretless electric bass); Dave Mattacks, Chris Cutler (drums); Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainright, Teddy Thompson, Kate Rusby (background vocals). Personnel: Linda Thompson (guitar, tambourine); Teddy Thompson (vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Kate Rusby, Martin Carthy (acoustic guitar); Jerry Donahue, Richard Thompson (electric guitar); John McCusker (cittern); Dave Pegg (mandolin, acoustic bass); Howard Gott, Ruth Gottlieb (violin); Eliza Carthy, Richard Greene (fiddle); Robert Spriggs, Sophie Sarota (viola); Sara Wilson (cello); Van Dyke Parks (accordion); Philip Pickett (crumhorn); Peter Adams (keyboards); Andy Waterworth (double bass); Michael Rivard (electric bass); Chris Cutler, Dave Mattacks (drums); Jeff Berman (snare drum, tambourine); Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright (background vocals). Audio Mixer: John Wood . Recording information: Air Edel Recording Studios, Ltd., London, England; Betrayal Studios, N.Y.C; Chez Boyd, N.Y.C; Livingston Recording Studios, Ltd., London, England; Mars Recording, Santa Monica, CA; N.Y.C; Passport Recording, N.Y.C; Playtime Studios, Boston, MA; Pure Studios, S. Yorkshre, England; Roundhouse Recording Studios, London, England; Sonora Recorders, Los Angeles, CA; The Sound Studio, London, England; Upstream Productions, Asheville, NC; Wolf Studios, London, England; Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire, England. Photographer: Ken Schles. Arrangers: Kate Rusby; John McCusker. Linda Thompson's first recording in 17 years is a stunning brace of poetics and grace. For a woman who literally lost her voice for more than a decade due to a stress disorder, Thompson reveals that she is at full strength as a vocalist, and perhaps more importantly, with this recording she clearly establishes herself as a songwriter as well. Recorded in the U.S. and in England, Fashionably Late feels like less of a comeback offering than it does an elegant statement of aesthetic from a talent who, along with Sandy Denny and Jacqui McShee, literally defined these terms for the British folk genre. There are many guests on this ten-song set, including Kate and Joe Rusby; Martin and Eliza Carthy; Van Dyke Parks; Dave Mattacks; Chris Cutler; Dave Pegg; Rufus and Martha Wainwright; Danny Thompson; ex-husband Richard; daughter Kamila Thomspson; and, her prime songwriting collaborator and guitarist, son Teddy Thompson. Produced by Edward Haber, who helped her assemble her retrospective Dreams Fly Away, Fashionably Late is devoid of special effects or studio magic. In stark contrast to One Clear Moment, her first solo effort, this is, primarily, a folk record that harkens back to the recordings that defined her voice without going into the past for material. And it is the voice that defines these songs. Ms. Thompson and/or son Teddy wrote or co-wrote the lion's share of the material here. Songs such as the opener "Dear Mary," offered in a lilting, country-ish vein, illustrate that economy of musical and lyrical language often adds to the emotional power a song is capable of deliver. This track in particular is of interest in that it features a reunion with Richard on guitar and backing vocals, as well as being the first ever track on which the entire family is featured along with bassist Danny Thompson (no relation). The confidence Thompson has, perhaps due in no small part to the appearance of her son at her side, is simply astonishing. In the Scottish murder ballad "Nine Stone Rig," she recounts a tale so
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