Richard Thompson has signed to perform at the 2002 Boston Folk Festival. He will join Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Cheryl Wheeler, Ellis Paul, Utah Phillips, Patty Larkin, Bill Staines and more at the University of Massachusetts-Boston harborside campus. The festival takes place on Sept. 21 & 22, 2002. For additional information go to http://www.wumb.org/ . Jack Murray