Tune in on Thursday, July 23rd at 10:30am to hear Berkestir speak with London-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, Teddy Thompson, before his show at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley on July 24th.
Thompson has returned with the exquisitely crafted Never Be The Same, his first collection of original material since 2020. Across ten tracks, Thompson refines his craft via an exploration of music’s enduring preoccupations — love, longing, and the uneasy passage of time.
This album wasn’t built upon a grand narrative. There was no self-imposed exile, no forced reinvention. Instead, it is centered around an exhortation that is threaded through the songs like a refrain: “Never Be The Same,” its title only revealing itself to Thompson after he’d completed the recording.
Ultimately, Never Be The Same is an album about steady evolution, a suite of deeply considered, carefully constructed songs rooted in lived experience. If there is a message, it’s that change is not only inevitable but essential — even when you’d rather stay exactly where you are.
