Folk In The Fall offers a long-awaited day of live music ft. Leveret, Martin Simpson, Kathryn Tickell & Amy Thatcher, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith and Emily Portman & Rob Harbron.
The next Hudson Records Listening Club is on Sunday 10th May – 10.30am. Join us to listen to ’Rooted’ in its entirety with commentary and insights from Martin Simpson, one the UK’s greatest guitarists and most treasured song writers.
Our Song of the Day comes from The Magpie Arc, a new cross-border folk/rock band featuring Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson, Adam Holmes, Tom A Wright and Alex Hunter. Watch them performing their first release – ‘Autumn Leaves’.
We talk to Martin Simpson about his new album “Rooted”. He may now be on his 21st solo album and in his fifth decade as a professional musician, but his creative output, vision and musicianship has never been finer. Plus we have a special “Rooted” giveaway.
Rooted is an album of rich material put to wonderful music that all combines to result in a release that is an essential career highlight from the most inimitable of musicians. Watch Martin’s new video for “Trouble Brought Me Here”.
Listen to ‘Born Human’, the new single from Martin Simpson which tackles environmental conservation. It’s taken from his new studio album Rooted which is set for release on August 30 via Topic Records.
Strings that Nimble Leap is a collection of the highest quality, with beautiful instruments being played by some of the very best musicians in the game. 52 artists including Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Andy Irvine Nic Jones, Charlotte Carrivick, Lisa Hannigan and more.
Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘Rooted’, Martin Simpson takes the bull by the horns and tackles self-serving neoliberalism on his new single Neo.
Singer, songwriter and guitar virtuoso Martin Simpson is to release a brand new studio album titled “Rooted” on August 30 via Topic Records featuring a host of special guests. Watch the new album trailer here.
What’s significant about Martin Simpson’s ‘Prodigal Son’ is that although outstanding tracks abound, this really is the one where it all came together. If you haven’t heard it, you should. If you have, you should revisit it.
An Introduction To Martin Simpson more than adequately showcases both his undoubted skills as one of the world’s finest acoustic, finger-style and slide guitarists but also his transformation into one of the folk world’s undoubted national treasures.
In our latest Folk Show, we open with a Folk Radio UK session from Gregory Alan Isakov. Plus new music from Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds, Emily Mure, Laura Baird, Josh Ritter, Shake the Chains and more.
