Linda Thompson has announced her new album, Agent music, which will be released on June 21. It features artists selected by Thompson and her son, co-producer Teddy Thompson, to record a new collection of her songs “By Proxy.” The Proclaimers, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, John Grant, Dori Freeman, the Unthanks, Ren Havieu, Eliza Carthy and her children Cami and Teddy all contributed to the LP. Listen to the new single “Solitary Traveller,” written by Linda Thompson and James Walbourne and featuring Cammy Thompson, below.
Commenting on the song, Linda Thompson said: “Solo traveler, I don’t know. I was never one. But, if you have a lot of people in your life, you sometimes crave solitude. Conversely, lonely people often crave companionship. It's kind of divisive. My daughter is doing the honors.
Thompson suffers from a rare vocal condition known as spasmodic dysphonia, which began affecting her ability to speak and sing in the early 1980s. After her solo debut in 1985 One clear momentShe returned in 2002 with the album Fashionably latefollowed by Diverse heart In 2007 and It won't be long now In the year 2013.
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Agent music Song list:
1. The inimitable solo traveler. Cammy Thompson
2. Or nothing at all feat. Martha Wainwright
3. Bonnie Lass feat. Missionaries
4. Honey, this will never work. Rufus Wainwright
5. I used to be very beautiful. Harvio rang
6. John Grant feat. John Grant
7. Mudlark feat. Rails
8. Beaches of America feat. Dory Freeman
9. This is the way the polka goes. Eliza Carthy
10. Three Shaky Ships feat. Other than thanks
11. This feat is a damned Roach. Teddy Thompson
