Richard Thompson (musician)
Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
He made his début as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967.
He continues to write and record new material regularly and frequently performs live at venues throughout the world.
Music critic Neil McCormick described him as "a versatile virtuoso guitarist and a sharp observational singer-songwriter whose work burns with intelligence and dark emotion".
His songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio.
Thompson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music.
Many varied musicians have recorded Thompson's compositions.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Dáithí Sproule
Dáithí Sproule( born 23 May 1950) is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music.
His niece is the singer Claire Sproule.
Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Dimming of the Day
"Dimming of the Day" is a song written by Richard Thompson and performed with his then-wife Linda Thompson on their 1975 album "Pour Down Like Silver".
It has been covered by the Irish band the Corrs for their Irish-themed fifth studio album "Home".
Other notable covers include those by Bonnie Raitt, Mary Black, Emmylou Harris, Alfie Boe and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
It was also featured, performed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, in John Sayles' 1999 film "Limbo", being notable as marking an important story beat.
Another important cover is by Alfie Boe, from his album ’Trust’, featuring Shawn Colvin.
The song was also covered by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour in 2002 at his semi-acoustic shows in London's Royal Festival Hall; it was released on his "David Gilmour in Concert" DVD where he introduced the song as "this one's got nothing what-
so-ever to do with me
but I like it.
It's by Richard Thompson
and it's called Dimming of the Day.
"
The Dutch musician Gerard van Maasakkers recorded a version with a text in Brabantine, a Dutch dialect, "As 't Dalijk Donker is" (on his CD "Zicht", 2006).
Tom Jones performed the song in a concert broadcast by BBC4 and also on his 2012 album Spirit in the Room.
Another version is by Alison Krauss & Union Station on their album "Paper Airplane".
A new duet version is on the debut album of singer-actress Anastasia Barzee, and the album takes the name of this song.
Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is a British singer of Greek Cypriot descent, and is the singer for the indie rock band One eskimO.
Panda (Astro song)
" Panda" is a song of the Chilean band Astro and is the fifth song of the homonymous album of the year 2011.
The song was composed and produced by the singer of the band Andrés Nusser and released like third single of the album on February 1, 2013.

Question: Which country the performer of song Dimming Of The Day is from?
Answer: British