Richard Thompson Tickets

Eliza Gilkyson was awesome and Richard Thompson was amazing. Everything about the venue, except the hard pews, is exceptional. Will bring a cushion to the next concert

i was there as much to see Eliza Gilkyson as much as I was there to see Richard Thompson. She was terrific, her vocals impeccable and witty and engaged. Sound was terrific. Would have been nice if she could have done an encore, but I get that the warm-up doesn't want to push their performance time into the featured performer's slot. However, the delay between the end of her set and the start of Thompson's was so ridiculously long that she could easily have done 2 encores and there still would have been time to go for a walk around the block, buy a coffee, and stand in line at the washroom. Thompson when he did come on was everything you expect - powerful vocals, thoughtful songwriting, extraordinary musicianship, engaged, funny, but he was hampered by sound engineer who couldn't figure out that there was a slight echo (even Thompson himself stopped and remarked on it) and that the volume Thompson was playing at combined with the echo muddied the delivery such that you could barely make out the words of the songs. Some artists like to play loud and don't seem to be too concerned when lyrics are lost in the cacophony, but I have to believe Thompson thinks enough of his songwriting that he isn't one of them and that he would prefer people to hear what he's singing rather than just to know that he is singing. Unfortunately, that was pretty much the way the evening went unless he was playing a slow ballad. So I left thinking I'd like to see him again, but hopefully different venue and with different sound engineer so I could actually hear what he was singing. I'm giving this a #4 only because Gilkyson was flawless and Thompson gave it everything he had so I don't want this to reflect on them, but the overall feeling on leaving was more like a #3 because I felt it could have been so much more and so was disappointed.

Richard is an extremely talented musician and song writer. He puts on a wonderful show and clearly knows his audience. Never fails to impress.

Fantastic evening, both performers were excellent. the venue had great acoustics!

Richard was on form covering 50 years plus of his wonderful songs, best guitar on the planet

Great room to watch a show. Seeing a legend like Richard Thompson in a small concert setting was amazing!

I had first seen Richard cover Woodstock, then as a guest on Elvis Costellos "Spectacle" and recently an interview on WTF. He was , to say the least, an interesting man with a history in my generation and a unique voice and style. This night he played both acoustic solo and electric/acoustic with his trio. He played for over 2 hours with three encores and was engaged in the moment from minute one. This man and his music are worth listening to and exploring because at a time when Dylan, Cream, Hendrix and Zep were building their sound, there was Richard with equal to better talent building his and like Dylan, he is still alive and writing songs. Experience Richard Thompson !!!!!!

Richard Thompson is one of the most unique guitarists to emerge from the UK - he sounded as good live on Saturday as he does on his Live (more or less) album from the early 70's. Absolutely Brilliant!

He started out sounding like the guitar god he is, 'Hendrixian', and proved it near the end with Hey Joe. Band was excellent. Venue wonderful for concerts like this one.

Absolutely great. More electric this time and the man does play a mean Strat. Completely recommended.