We are releasing a double 'A'-sided limited edition 7" vinyl single - Dark Honey / Ruben - in advance of the splendid new Simpson | Cutting | Kerr album Murmurs. 'Dark Honey' is Nancy Kerr's reflection on the human influence on our [...]
After a very successful tour and recording schedule over the last six months the wonderful new trio with Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr will release their debut album together on June 8th. Murmurs was recorded in January this year and [...]
The Full English is a groundbreaking project sponsored by the English Folk Dance and Song Society that draws together for the first time the early 20th century folksong collections of Harry Albino, Lucy Broadwood, Clive Carey, Percy Grainger, Maud Karpeles, Frank [...]
Vagrant Stanzas is a splendid, intimate new recording from finger-style guitar maestro Martin Simpson. Encouraged by his near neighbour Richard Hawley, Martin set out to record his new album completely solo. The ambition was to record just one man and his guitar [...]
TSCD584Guitar virtuoso MARTIN SIMPSON returns with a fabulous new album. "Purpose + Grace, is in many ways the epiphany of his career. Martin has never chosen the shortest root to stardom but the choices he has made along the way have made [...]
A remarkable album from Martin Simpson and his then wife, Jessica, with the band Flash Company. True, Dare or Promise features some of Martin Simpson's most imaginative guitar playing through a remarkable series of arrangements that stretch British folk-rock towards the avant [...]
Martin Simpson has spoken of his early studio recordings as "scrapbooks of the millions of things that I was into at that time." For most fans this 1986 album displays a young master developing a remarkable relationship with his guitar. 1 Jazzman [...]
Martin Simpson is justifiably regarded as one of the finest finger-style guitarists to have emerged from the British Isles. 'Grinning In Your Face' (1983) captures him at an early stage in his recording career, and is a remarkably assured and exuberant recording. [...]
With the release of Prodigal Son (winner of BBC Radio 2 Folk Award's album of the year 2008) Martin Simpson created a contemporary classic that effortlessly crossed musical boundaries and exhibited what many had known for years - here is one of [...]
Arguably the finest finger style acoustic guitarist on the planet, Martin Simpson returns to Topic Records after a break of almost fifteen years. Surprisingly, this is his first recording of exclusively English material - predominately traditional, completely English and totally outstanding. Martin [...]
"The nearest thing this country has to Ry Cooder" The Big Issue Released in August 2003, this follow up to the award-winning album The Bramble Briar is a collection of new recordings, this time drawn from the American tradition and featuring his [...]
Martin Simpson says of this release, echoing the words of the writer Kazuo Ishiguo, "Traditional music is a treasure chest waiting to be opened", and he was never more aware of the beauty and the value of the contents of that hoard [...]