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Nancy Kerr, Sweet Visitor, album review

3721 days ago

The Telegraph — Fiddle player Nancy Kerr's first solo album, Sweet Visitor, features Martin Simpson, Emily Smith and James Fagan more info

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Elizabethan Session: history woven into modern folk

3893 days ago

The Telegraph — The Elizabethan Session, featuring eight musicians including Martin Simpson, Bella Hardy and Nancy Kerr, is an exciting project to create new music inspired by the Elizabethan era more info

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Homegrown brings wealth of talent to Bury's The Met

4418 days ago

Guardian Music — Another great folk festival joins the rich range already thriving in the north west. Helen Nugent prelimsIn a world where teen heartthrobs, rap artists and reality show winners dominate the charts, it is heartening to learn that more than 300 folk fe... more info

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Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party: Orfeo – review

4559 days ago

Guardian Music — (Topic)Fay Hield has all the makings of a folk scene celebrity. She has a fine voice, she's a distinguished folk academic, lecturing in ethnomusicology at Sheffield University, and she's the partner of Bellowhead star John Boden. Little surprise, the... more info

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June Tabor triumphs at BBC Radio 2 Folk awards

4672 days ago

Guardian Music — Veterans dominate this year as June Tabor and Oysterband win four prizes, including best album and folk singer of the yearBritish folk has enjoyed an exciting resurgence during the last few years, owing to younger artists brimming with energy and ima... more info

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Album reviews: James Morrison | Remember Remember | Roots Manuva | Robert Crawford | Martin Simpson | Mark McKnight | Corsica Canti & Musica |

4807 days ago

Scotsman.com — Our reviewers cast their eye over the latest CDs to be released... more info

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Martin Simpson: Purpose & Grace, CD review

4831 days ago

The Telegraph — Great songs and star guests on a terrific folk album by Martin Simpson. more info

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Martin Simpson: Purpose + Grace – review

4832 days ago

Guardian Music — (Topic) Martin Simpson has been a guitar hero, accompanist, folk singer and songwriter – and there are reminders of all these in what is surely his most commercial recording to date. It's notable not just for his guitar and banjo playing and though... more info

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Martin Simpson - Purpose and Grace (album stream)

4834 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Martin Simpson (born 5 May 1953, Scunthorpe, England) is a British folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is regarded by many as one of the most skilled folk guitarists currently playing on the British and American folk scene. He has been nomina... more info

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Hedy West: Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians – review

4860 days ago

Guardian Music — (Fellside) Hedy West was one of the great American stars of the 60s folk revival. Born in Georgia, the daughter of a union organiser who worked with mining communities, she sang mining songs, epic narrative ballads, children's songs and country tunes... more info

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Nancy Kerr, Sweet Visitor, album review

Elizabethan Session: history woven into modern folk

Homegrown brings wealth of talent to Bury's The Met

Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party: Orfeo – review

June Tabor triumphs at BBC Radio 2 Folk awards

Album reviews: James Morrison | Remember Remember | Roots Manuva | Robert Crawford | Martin Simpson | Mark McKnight | Corsica Canti & Musica |

Martin Simpson: Purpose & Grace, CD review

Martin Simpson: Purpose + Grace – review

Martin Simpson - Purpose and Grace (album stream)

Hedy West: Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians – review

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