British folk/country musician Teddy Thompson came to the United States some 25 years ago and made a new life for himself in New York City and has not looked back ever since. Born to folk singer parents Richard and Linda Thompson and brother to Kamila Thompson, also a musician, music is in Thompson’s blood. He will perform at Roy's Hall in Blairstown presented by Blairstown Live-Arts. Thompson's web site reveals more about his background, the role of music in troubling times, and why he stays in America, even now.

For anyone unfamiliar with Thompson’s brand of americana, It might best be described as personal and introspective, confident but without ever being showy. His self-titled debut was released in 2000, followed five years later with the more seminal ‘Separate Ways’. The mid-00s was a time of creative wealth for Thompson, with classic country covers album ‘Upfront & Down Low’ released in 2007, ‘A Piece of What You Need’ following in 2008, and ‘Bella’ in 2011. Aside from a few compilation contributions, the only thing Thompson would then put out until 2020’s ‘Heartbreaker Please’ was ‘Little Windows’ in 2016, a snappy album of duets with Kelly Jones (the American female singer, not to be confused with the Welsh Stereophonics frontman). While ‘Heartbreaker Please’ is the last original material he released, he did duet with Jenni Muldaur on a couple of thoroughly enjoyable EPs of covers in 2021 (‘Teddy & Jenni do Dolly & Porter’ and ‘Teddy & Jenni do George & Tammy‘).

Teddy has returned with the exquisitely crafted Never Be The Same, his first collection of original material since 2020. Across ten tracks, Thompson refines his craft via an exploration of music’s enduring preoccupations — love, longing, and the uneasy passage of time.