Linda Thompson, who ranks among the finest singers of her generation, hardly sings a note on “Proxy Music," her first album in over a decade. Instead, Thompson makes herself heard through her ...

Fronting a small band, Tammy Faye Starlite, a petite blonde with a commanding voice, is throwing herself into Richard and Linda Thompson’s “Hokey Pokey,” jumping up and down during ...

So she wrote a batch of tracks for others to voice. By Jim Farber For years, the singer Linda Thompson faced a problem that, for someone in her line of work, seemed insurmountable. Slowly over ...