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It is possible, in the murky and muted fashion of his long and curious career, that Richard Thompson has proved to be one of the European artists most influential on American pop music. Often cited today as a primary figure by roots and rock artists and fans alike, Thompson first

A few weeks before my most recent conversation with Charlie Sexton, my daughters were flipping through some family photos and found a real howler. Some guy in his early 20s with wild, bushy hair, a wisp of a beard, wearing a pink-and-white striped tank top (a muscle shirt showing little

From his front porch on Boscobel Street in East Nashville,  cannot see the managers, publicists and record execs who inhabit the glass-walled office buildings and converted homes known as Music Row, where banners, painted bus stop benches and tattered handbills trumpet the successes of the Music City's best-known