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Ahead of new album Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, the British folk music legend will join us to answer your questions<\/p>\n

From Fairport Convention to his musical partnership with then-wife Linda and on to solo albums that still trouble the UK charts, Richard Thompson is an undisputed icon of British folk music \u2013 and ahead of his latest release, entitled Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, he\u2019s joining us to answer your questions.<\/p>\n

Now 77, Thompson\u2019s career began in his teens when he formed Fairport Convention and struck out into writing new material rather than covers and folk standards: in so doing, albums such as 1969\u2019s Liege and Lief became part of the British folk canon themselves.<\/p>\n

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