Is there a surer pair of hands than Richard Thompson's? Leading light of the 1960s folk-rock boom, solo troubadour since, his 18th solo album proffers 12 new songs resonating with oaky assurance even as they gnash and churn through the human experience, Thompson's customary thumb to the wound. His containers, polished by his band, are never less than beautiful – jolly, even; their contents, mostly visceral..
.. Kitty Empire.
