After a seventeen-year absence from the recording world and a twenty-year absence from touring, Linda Thompson has returned in full force with Fashionably Late and dates behind it.

Thompson kicks off a sixteen-city tour on October 5th in Portland, Oregon supported by Jason Crigler on guitar and mandolin, and Martin Green, who will handle keyboards, accordion and percussion, and her son Teddy Thompson on guitar and vocals. Teddy is also one of the guests featured on Fashionably Late along with Rufus Wainwright, Kate Rusby, Eliza Carthy, Van Dyke Parks, and Danny Thompson (no relation).

Fashionably Late also features a reunion between Linda and ex-husband Richard Thompson on the lead track "Dear Mary," which was co-authored with Teddy.

Linda Thompson tour dates:

10/5: Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater
10/6: Vancouver, Capilano College Theater
10/8: Seattle, Benaroya Hall
10/10: San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
10/12: Los Angeles, Troubadour
10/15: Boulder, CO, Fox Theatre
10/17: Minneapolis, Woman's Club
10/18: Chicago, Old Town School
10/19: Madison, Barrymore Theater
10/25: Somerville, MA, Somerville Theater
10/26: New York, Bottom Line
10/28: Alexandria, VA, The Birchmere
10/29: Philadelphia, Keswick Theater
10/30: Annapolis, MD, Ram's Head
11/1: Amagansett, NY, Stephen Talkhouse
11/3: Charleston, WV, Mountain Stage

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(August 21, 2002)