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Billy’s first major project after setting up Thompsound Music was the 2002 album ‘Ysbryd Solva’ by Meic Stevens and band for Sain Records.

An unforgettable experience for all involved. This album includes many of Meic Stevens’ classic songs and opens with the haunting Ysbryd Solva - listen out for Billy Thompson’s seagulls.

This album is representative of the sound Meic Stevens, Heather Jones,

Dave Reid and Billy Thompson were performing

live at the time.

Billy Thompson (in the centre of this photo)

performed with this Welsh singer/songwriter for

10 years between 1997 and 2007 playing at

every major festival in Wales along with

numerous television appearances and 5

albums.

Amledd’s album was the culmination of about 3 years of songwriting by Billy Thompson and Rhian Williams (later to become Billy’s wife).

Released in July 2006, ‘Cyfnod Cyntaf’ (which translates as ‘first phase’) is an album of totally original songs that has been described as ‘modern folk’.

Pronounced with the DD sounding like the TH from the word ‘The’. Amledd is the Welsh for Frequency.

Billy Thompson Gypsy Style LIVE is a live recording of the concert by Billy Thompson Gypsy Style at the Llay British Legion April 7th, 2009.

This CD features Andy MacKenzie on lead and rhythm guitar, the rhythm of Eryl Jones (guitar), Phil Gardiner (guitar) and Dave Turner (bass).

The final track is an original studio track written by Billy for his son Sam:

Tango 5 Live is a live recording of the concert given by Tango 5 at Sheffield Town Hall o May 13, 2009. The recording was a live performance by Tango 5 who are exemplary exponents of the music of Astor Piazzola.

The group consists of 5 of the finest classical musicians of the North West of England.

Chris Hayward (violin), Andy Mackenzie (guitar) and Greg Robley (bass) make up the Gadjo Jazz Trio. This album was recorded at Chris’s conservatory overlooking Porthmadog harbour.

This allowed the band to record in exactly the same space they rehearse in capturing the room’s acoustics as well as the group’s suitably inspired performance.

Billy’s violin playing features on track 9 of the CD.

To quote an article in the Chester Chronicle:

‘...Throughout, Thompson's violin is sharp and strong. At times he fiddles as fast as a whirling dervish, seemingly a one man orchestra, yet more he comes on like a lead axe player with chords and runs as big as er... Snowdon. It's the combination of his smart melodies and her [Rhian Williams’] canny vocal that makes this one of the smartest indie rock based projects to come calling in a while.’