Emboldened by the band’s incredible array of talent, The Magpie Arc’s Glamour In The Grey is an incredibly varied album which shows that there is nothing predictable or pedestrian about folk-rock. It’s a welcome shot in the arm and a wild ride.
The “Indoor Festival of Folk” is a collaboration between folk/rock band The Magpie Arc and EFDSS and features a stellar lineup of award-winning UK folk artists performing at Cecil Sharp House on Saturday the 3rd of September 2022.
The Magpie Arc, the cross-Border band out of Sheffield and Scotland featuring the multi-award-winning talents and wide musical influences of Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Tom Wright, Alex Hunter and Martin Simpson, take flight in 2022 with selected tour dates and festivals.
The Magpie Arc’s EP3 is a fitting way to cap a set of EPs whose very existence seems to celebrate the lasting power of musical collaboration at a time when it feels most at threat. It’s just as accomplished as its predecessors, and even more full of musical surprises.
While EP2 owes more to American Roots than EP1, when the musicians are as good as this, the influences matter less than the intimacy of the playing. This is a group of musicians playing the music that they love, and doing it better than just about anyone else.
The Magpie Arc’s debut EP is a varied and brilliantly executed set of songs from a truly gifted group of musicians and bodes extremely well for what is to follow.
Our Artists of the Month are The Magpie Arc, a new cross-border folk/rock band featuring Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson, Adam Holmes, Tom A Wright and Alex Hunter. Read our interview and watch their new video ‘Greenswell’.
Darling Charms is the second video track from The Magpie Arc, the new cross-Border band out of Sheffield and Edinburgh featuring the multi-award-winning talents and wide musical influences of Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson, Adam Holmes, Tom A Wright and Alex Hunter.
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’.
