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Martin Simpson
An Introduction To…

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Release Date: Friday 22 June 2018

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It's remarkable to think that Martin Simpson is now celebrating some 45 years as a professional musician since, unlike so many of the Topic greats, Simpson was not part of the 50s folk revival or the more expansive contemporary folk scene of the 60s. Effectively, Martin Simpson has spearheaded the generation of folk musicians who only began recording in the mid-70s and is now readily acknowledged as one of the most original and skillful folk guitarists currently playing on the British and American folk scene. -- It was as a defining instrumentalist and interpreter of predominantly traditional British and American folk material that Simpson first established himself. Yet, as this new selection amply testifies, he has become a highly gifted songwriter. He first made a significant mark as a songwriter on 2003's Righteousness & Humidity with a handful of songs that included the evocative truck stop epic 'Love Never Dies'. Since then he has continued to deliver powerful compositions, none more poignant than the remarkable 'Banjo Bill' (from 2011's Purpose & Grace), based upon the words of Banjo Bill Cornett of Hindman, Kentucky, which testifies to the breadth and scope of Simpson's writing.

Tracks:

Bones & Feathers
Never Any Good
Banjo Bill
Dives and Lazarus
Love Never Dies
Brothers
Under The Bridge
Clerk Sanders
Love Henry
She Slips Away
Will Atkinson
Sir Patrick Spens
Dark Swift and Bright Swallow
John Hardy
Thomas Drew
First Cut Is The Deepest
Delta Dreams
Palaces of Gold (2018)