Richard Thompson is returning to Dublin for a solo performance at Vicar street this August.

Thompson’s latest album 13 Rivers was recorded in the legendary Boulevard Recording Studio in Los Angeles, once owned by Liberace and favourite haunt of  Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Ringo Starr, and Joan Baez.

“It’s a funky studio that was quite popular in the sixties and seventies,” he says. “It used to be Hollywood trendy, but it fell into total disrepair. It’s still got some gaps in the walls. I like studios that are honest. It’s about the décor of the sound, and there’s a specific sound to Boulevard. Clay is a Beatles nut, so I could grab a Gretsch off the wall or dial into an amp that had this unbelievable tone reminiscent of The Beatles. They also say Liberace’s ghost still haunts the place, but I hadn’t seen him myself”

Richard Thompson at Vicar Street Saturday, 10th August 2019. Tickets €37.50 inclusive of booking fee – on sale Friday at 9AM.