 This is Fresh Air. I'm David Bianculli. Richard Thompson, the British singer-songwriter-guitarist who has been writing and recording music since the 60s, is about to launch a summer concert tour and has a new album out. It's called Ship to Shore, and it's his first studio album in five years, the longest stretch between records since he co-founded Fairport Convention in 1967 when he was 18 years old.