> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Golden Vanity

Golden Vanity

Martin Simpson: Golden Vanity (Trailer LER 2099)

Golden Vanity
Martin Simpson

Trailer LER 2099 (LP, UK, 1976)

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Recorded and produced by Bill Leader at Leader Sound;
Sleeve designed by Al Schmidt and Janet Kerr

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals, banjo, guitar;
Al Schmidt: harmonicas;
Peter Thompson: bass guitar

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Beaulampkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735)
  2. Snowdrop
  3. The Bitter Withy (Roud 452)
  4. Cindy
  5. Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)

Side 2

  1. Soldier’s Joy
  2. Pretty Polly (Roud 32572)
  3. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
  4. George Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210)
  5. Gotta Little Home to Go to
  6. Louisiana 1927

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 2 Kirk McGhee;
Track 8 Bob Dylan;
Track 11 Randy Newman

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Special Agent

Special Agent

Martin Simpson: Special Agent (Waterfront WF008)

Special Agent
Martin Simpson

Waterfront Music WF008 (LP, UK, 1981)
Fledg’ling Records FLED 3005 (CD w/ bonus tracks, UK, 1995)

Martin Simpson: Special Agent (Fledg’ling FLED 3005)
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Produced by Ric Sanders and Martin Simpson at Moor Green Studios, Rock,Wyre Forest;
Engineered by Robin Brown;
Photography by Louisa Livingstone;
Tracks 13-16 produced by Trevor White in 1995

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic and electric guitars, dobro, fretted and fretless banjo, vocals;
Dave Bristow: piano;
Andrew Cronshaw: hammered dulcimer;
Jonathan Davie: electric bass guitars;
Michael Gregory: drums, percussion;
Louisa Livingstone: vocals;
Rob Mason: harmonica;
Ric Sanders: violin

CD Bonus Tracks

Martin Simpson: guitars, vocals;
Rob Mason: harmonica;
Jonathan Davie: electric bass guitar;
Mickey Barker: drums

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Special Agent (3.30)
  2. Desperadoes Waiting for a Train (6.06)
  3. Guitar Medley: The Frost Is All Over / The Red-Headed Boil (2.22)
  4. Roustabout (Roud 16965) (4.52)
  5. Jamaica Farewell (3.32)
  6. Banjo Medley: Barlow Knife / Shoot the Turkey Buzzard / Denis Murphey’s Polka (2.31)

Side 2

  1. Joshua Gone Barbados (5.07)
  2. MacCrimmon’s Lament (Roud 5134) (4.07)
  3. Broke Down Engine (Roud 23774) (2.20)
  4. The Demon Lover (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (4.57)
  5. You Win Again (3.42)
  6. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today (3.55)

CD Bonus Tracks

  1. Man Smart, Woman Smarter (2.05)
  2. You Better Move On (2.38)
  3. Jazzman (3.34)
  4. Broke Down Engine (Roud 23774) (2.13)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 1 Sleepy John Estes;
Track 2 Guy Clark;
Track 7 Erik von Schmidt;
Tracks 9, 16 words trad., music Martin Simpson;
Track 11 Hank Williams;
Track 12 Randy Newman;
Track a4 Arthur Alexander;
Track 15 Ed Holstein;
Track 16 words trad. arr. Martin Simpson, music Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Grinning in Your Face

Grinning in Your Face

Martin Simpson: Grinning in Your Face (Topic 12TS340)

Grinning in Your Face
Martin Simpson

Topic Records 12TS340 (LP, UK, 1983)
Fledg’ling Records FLED 3021 (CD, UK, 1999 / 2009)
Topic Records TSCD340D (digital download, UK, June 2009)

Martin Simpson: Grinning in Your Face (Fledg’ling FLED 3021)
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Recorded and produced by Tony Engle at Ideal Sound Recorders, London;
Front sleeve photography by Louiza Livingstone;
Sleeve design by Louiza Livingstone and Tony Engle

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, kalamazoo, lap steel, dobro, banjo;
with
Bob Smith: drums;
Annette Costello: backing vocals

Tracks

Side 1

  1. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (2.52)
  2. Little Birdie (Roud 436) (3.22)
  3. The First Cut is the Deepest (3.33)
  4. Roving Gambler (Roud 498; Laws H4) (3.36)
  5. This War May Last You for Years (2.47)
  6. Masters of War (5.31)

Side 2

  1. Reuben’s Train (Roud 3423) (2.49)
  2. Your Cheatin’ Heart (3.38)
  3. Handsome Molly (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (2.23)
  4. Townships / Biko (4.58)
  5. Moonshine (Roud 3126) (2.10)
  6. Green Linnet (Roud 1619) / Grinning in Your Face (5.55)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 1 Paul Anka;
Track 3 Cat Stevens;
Track 6 Bob Dylan;
Track 8 Hank Williams;
Tracks 10a, 11 Martin Simpson;
Track 10b Peter Gabriel;
Track 12b Son House

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Sad or High Kicking

Sad or High Kicking

Martin Simpson: Sad or High Kicking (Fledg’ling FLED 3022)

Sad or High Kicking
Martin Simpson

Topic Records 12TS438 (LP, UK, 1985)
Fledg’ling Records FLED 3022 (CD, UK, 1999 / 2009)
Topic Records TSCD438D (digital download, UK, June 2009)

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Recorded by Tony Engle, Rowan Laxton and David Kenny at Ideal Sound Recorders, London;
Produced by Tony Engle and Martin Simpson

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel, dobro;
with
Micky Barker: drums, percussion;
Johnathan Davie: electric bass guitars;
Laurie Harper: fiddle, mandolin;
Rob Mason: harmonica;
Dave Clewlow: trumpets, flugelhorn;
Ian Blake: clarinets;
Andrew Cronshaw: zither, steel pans

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Jazzman (3.53)
  2. Shawnee Town (3.48)
  3. Moth (4.01)
  4. Living Without You (3.33)
  5. For Jessica, Sad or High Kicking / Dearest Dear (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (5.18)

Side 2

  1. Icarus (4.11)
  2. No Depression in Heaven (4.08)
  3. Let It Be Me (3.32)
  4. Stillness in Company (3.30)
  5. The Lakes of Ponchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (3.39)

Track 1 Ed Holstein;
Track 2 Dillon Bustin;
Tracks 3, 6 Anne Lister;
Track 4 Randy Newman;
Track 5a Martin Simpson;
Track 5b, 7, 10 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 8 Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë;
Track 9 Jessica Radcliffe

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Nobody’s Fault But Mine

Nobody’s Fault But Mine

Martin Simpson: Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Dambuster DAM CD 013)

Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Martin Simpson

Dambuster Records DAM / DAM CD 013 (LP/CD, UK, 1986)

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Recorded by Dave Bubb at Dambuster Studios, Essex;
Produced by Richard Digance;
Mastered by Bob Jones at CTS, Wembley;
Photography by David B. Sutton;
Sleeve design and layout by Dave Bubb

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Granemore Hare (Roud 2883) (5.35)
  2. Nobody’s Fault But Mine (2.05)
  3. Lulu’s Back in Town (2.06)
  4. Garryowen (4.00)
  5. Muskrat / Bonaparte’s Retreat (1.34)
  6. Mountain Roads (1.10)
  7. Yo-Yo Blues (1.46)

Side 2

  1. Hard Time Killing Floor (4.09)
  2. Champagne Charlie (1.29)
  3. Honeybabe (2.58)
  4. Dingle Regatta (1.25)
  5. Charlie’s Boogie (4.08)
  6. Foxhunter’s Jig (1.17)
  7. Sean O Duibhir a’Ghleanna (Roud 38230) (3.56)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 8 Nehemiah ‘Skip’ Jones;
Track 12 Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin and Jessica Simpson: True Dare or Promise

Martin and Jessica Simpson: True Dare or Promise

Martin and Jessica Simpson: True Dare or Promise (Topic 12TS446)

True Dare or Promise
Martin and Jessica Simpson

Topic Records 12TS446 (LP, UK, 1987)
Fledg’ling Records FLED 3027 (CD, UK, 2000)
Topic Records TSCD446D (digital download, UK, 2010)

Martin and Jessica Simpson: True Dare or Promise (Fledg’ling FLED 3027)
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Recorded at Ideal Sound Recorders, Finsbury Park, London;
Engineered by David Kenny;
Produced by Martin Simpson & Jessica Simpson with Flash Company;
Front cover photograph by David B. Sutton;
Sleeve concept Jessica Simpson;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, jew’s harp;
Jessica Ruby Simpson: vocals;
Rob Mason: harmonica;
Mary Mc Laughlin: synthesiser, vocals;
Laurie Harper: fiddle, mandolin, jew’s harp, percussion, vocals;
John Spencer: vocals, percussion, electric guitar [10]

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Doney Girl (Wedding Dress) (3.47)
  2. Past Caring (5.11)
  3. Not the Whiskey Talking (5.04)
  4. Young Man (2.15)
  5. Bedlam Boys (Roud V53999) (4.27)

Side 2

  1. Wholly in My Keeping (5.28)
  2. Rising of the Woman (4.30)
  3. Man Smart, Woman Smarter (2.54)
  4. Essequibo River (4.57)
  5. The Keel Row (Roud 3059; G/D 4:771) (2.36)

Fledg’ling CD Bonus Tracks

  1. Bluebird (Judy G) (4.03)
    from Square Roots (FolkRoots FROOT 001, 1987)
  2. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (4.20)
    from Where Would You Rather Be Tonight? (Sunrise A40111M, 1986)

All tracks trad. arr Martin Simpson, Jessica Ruby Simpson except
Track 2 words Henry Lawson, music Steve Ashley;
Track 3 Nick Malicka;
Tracks 4, 6 Jessica Ruby Simpson;
Track 5 Nic Jones, trad. arr Martin Simpson, Jessica Ruby Simpson;
Track 7 Chris Coe;
Track 11 John B. Spencer

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Leaves of Life

Leaves of Life

Martin Simpson: Leaves of Life (Shanachie 97008)

Leaves of Life
Martin Simpson

Shanachie 97008 (CD, USA, 1989)

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A collection of acoustic guitar pieces based on the melodies of traditional ballads and songs from England, Ireland, Scotland and Australia.

Recorded onto 8-track by Jeff Westermann at Beluga Warehouse, Brooktondale, New York;
Produced by Martin Simpson;
Co-produced by Jessica Radcliffe Simpson;
Digitally mastered at Calf Audio, Ithaca, New York;
Front cover photo by Harvey Ferdschneider;
Cover design and hand lettering by Federick Carlson

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic guitar;
Eric Aceto: violect, mandolect

Tracks

  1. Intro / Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (3.15)
  2. Jock o’ Hazeldean (Roud 250; Child 293; G/D 5:1029) (4.25)
  3. Lucy Wan (Roud 234; Child 51) (4.24)
  4. Streets of Forbes (Roud 20764) (3.36)
  5. Bantry Girl’s Lament (Roud 2999) (2.45)
  6. Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (2.49)
  7. Banks of the Bann (Roud 889; Laws O2; Henry H86) (3.12)
  8. Green Fields of America (Roud 2290) (4.02)
  9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland (Roud 25; Child 9; G/D 6:1149) (1.55)
  10. Bonny George Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210) (1.40)
  11. MacCrimmon’s Lament (Roud 5134) (4.05)
  12. Rosie Anderson (Roud 2169; G/D 7:1462) (4.42)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: When I Was on Horseback

When I Was on Horseback

Martin Simpson: When I Was on Horseback (Shanachie 97016)

When I Was on Horseback
Martin Simpson

Shanachie 97016 (CD, USA, 1991)

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Traditional tunes and new compositions based in traditional styles.

Produced by Martin Simpson and Will Russell at Electric Wilburland, Ithaca, New York;
Engineered by Will Russell;
Pre-production recording by Jeff Dixon at Syracuse University;
Digitally mastered by Robert Vosglen, CMS Digital, California;
Photography by Lee Meien;
Set design for photograph by Jessica Simpson

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic, electric, National Steel and baritone guitars, mandols;
Eric Aceto: violect;
Hank Roberts: cello;
Doug Robinson: electric bass guitar;
Jessica Simpson: shruti box

Tracks

  1. Pretty Saro (Roud 417) / Long Steel Rail (5.33)
  2. Garryowen (Roud 20538) (3.07)
  3. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064) (2.58)
  4. Bob’s Song (2.29)
  5. The Flower of Sweet Erin (Roud 2790) (2.09)
  6. Vaughan’s Jig (1.37)
  7. Granuaile (Roud 3034) (3.03)
  8. When I Was on Horseback (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (4.26)
  9. The Keel Row (Roud 3059; G/D 4:771) (2.57)
  10. Shallow Brown (Roud 2621) (3.03)
  11. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 1132; Henry H608) / The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (5.22)
  12. Young Man (2.21)
  13. The Shearing’s Not for You (Roud 4845; G/D 7:1486) / Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (4.15)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Tracks 4, 12 Jessica Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: The Collection

The Collection

Martin Simpson: The Collection (Topic TSCD430)

The Collection
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD430 (CD, UK, 1992)

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Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, vocals

See the individual albums for accompanists

Tracks

  1. The First Cut is the Deepest (3.33)
  2. Roving Gambler (3.36)
  3. This War May Last You for Years (2.47)
  4. Masters of War (5.31)
  5. Reuben’s Train (Roud 3423) (2.49)
  6. Handsome Molly (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (2.23)
  7. Moonshine (2.10)
  8. Green Linnet (Roud 1619) / Grinning in Your Face (5.55)
  9. Shawnee Town (3.48)
  10. Moth (4.01)
  11. For Jessica, Sad or High Kicking / Dearest Dear (5.18)
  12. No Depression in Heaven (4.08)
  13. Stillness in Company (3.30)
  14. The Lakes of Ponchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (3.39)
  15. Doney Girl (3.40)
  16. Essequibo River (4.49)
  17. The Keel Row (Roud 3059; G/D 4:771) (2.36)

Tracks 1-8 are from Grinning in Your Face (12TS430, 1983);
Tracks 9-14 are from Sad or High Kicking (12TS438, 1985);
Tracks 15-17 are from Martin and Jessica Simpson: True Dare or Promise (12TS446, 1987)

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: A Closer Walk With Thee

A Closer Walk With Thee

Martin Simpson: A Closer Walk With Thee (Gourd GM117)

A Closer Walk With Thee
Instrumental Arrangements of American Gospel Songs
Martin Simpson

Gourd GM117 (CD, UK, 1993)
Fledg’ling FLE 1007 (CD, UK, 1994)

Martin Simpson: A Closer Walk With Thee (Fledg’ling FLE1007)
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Produced by Joe Weed;
Recorded and mixed to digital at Highland Studio, Los Gatos, California;
Cover and inside photography by Paul Schraub;
Design by Lynn Piquett

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, baritone guitar, mandola, mandolin;
Randy Masters: trumpet, flugelhorn;
Doug Burns: harmonica;
Joe Weed: strings, fiddle, mandolin;
Paul Hostetter: guitar, banjo

Tracks

  1. Palms of Victory (Roud 3540) (2.01)
  2. Wash in That Beautiful Pool / Waiting for the Boatman (3.42)
  3. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (3.13)
  4. Wondrous Love (Roud 5089) (2.36)
  5. O Jerusalem / Go Down Moses (4.08)
  6. Wayfaring Stranger (2.20)
  7. What a Friend We Have in Jesus (4.16)
  8. Down in the Valley to Pray / Continue to Roll (3.41)
  9. A Psalm of Life (2.40)
  10. There’s a Great Change (2.10)
  11. A Closer Walk With Thee (3.12)
  12. In the Wilderness (2.06)
  13. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? (3.39)
  14. To Be a Pilgrim (1.52)
  15. Bright Morning Stars (Roud 18268) / Watch the Stars (5.09)
  16. I’ll Fly Away (2.34)

All string arrangements by Joseph B. Weed except
Track 9 string arrangement by Martin Simpson;
All other arrangements by Martin Simpson;
Track 7 Charles C. Converse;
Track 16 Albert E. Brumley

> Folk Music > Records > Martin and Jessica Simpson: Red Roses

Martin and Jessica Simpson: Red Roses

Martin and Jessica Simpson: Red Roses (Rhiannon RHYD5001)

Red Roses
Martin and Jessica Simpson

Rhiannon Records RHYD5001 (CD, UK, 1994);
Thunderbird Records TBR4001CD (CD, USA, 1994)

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Produced by Jessica Ruby Simpson and Martin Simpson;
Recorded at Electric Wilburland Studios, Ithaca, NY, and Bear Creek Studios, Santa Cruz, CA;
Engineered by Will Russell, William Coulter and Barry Phillips;
Cover photos by David B. Sutton;
Layout by Colin Jones

Musicians

Jessica Ruby Simpson: vocals;
Martin Simpson: guitars, vocals;
Eric Aceto: violect;
Tom Beers: harmonica;
Hank Roberts: cello;
Doug Robinson: bass guitar;
Miriam Sturm: violin;
Willy Schwartz: accordion, percussion, bullroarer;
Richie and Jenny Stearns, Keith Greeninger, Kimball Hurd: backing vocals;
Barry Phillips: cello [1];
Roger Fewer: lead guitar [1]

Tracks

  1. We Were All Heroes (5.16)
  2. Dreamtime (6.07)
  3. Spare Change / The Gypsies (4.37)
  4. How I Wanted You (4.59)
  5. Icarus (4.45)
  6. The Company You Keep (7.33)
  7. The Mermaid (3.54)
  8. Seven Sisters (5.07)
  9. The Turtle and the Asp (4.11)
  10. The Gardener’s Child (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) (8.13)
  11. Red Roses (5.09)

Tracks 1, 3a, 6, 8, 11 Jessica Ruby Simpson;
Tracks 2, 9 Martin Simpson;
Track 3b trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 4 Richard Thompson;
Track 5 Anne Lister;
Track 7 lyrics Jessica Ruby Simpson, music trad. arr. Martin and Jessica Ruby Simpson;
Track 10 trad. arr. Martin and Jessica Ruby Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors

Martin Simpson: Smoke & Mirrors (Thunderbird TBE5001-2)

Smoke & Mirrors
Martin Simpson

Rhiannon Records RHYD5011 (CD, UK, 1995);
Thunderbird Records TBE5001-2 (CD, USA, 1995)

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Recorded at Solo Sound, Santa Cruz, CA and Electric Wilburland Studios, Ithaca, NY;
Produced by Martin Simpson;
Cover photos by David B. Sutton;
Art direction by Michael MacFall

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic guitar [1-14], resophonic guitar [2, 7, 9, 14], vocals [1-3, 5-14];
Ronnie Earl: electric guitar [1-2, 4-5, 10-12];
Doug Robinson: bass [1, 4-5, 7-8, 10-12, 14];
Tiran Porter: fretless bass [2, 9, 13];
Hank Roberts: cello [1, 10-12];
Rick Walker: percussion [2, 7-8, 13-14]

Tracks

  1. Poormouth (6.26)
  2. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (4.35)
  3. Broke Down Engine (2.13)
  4. New Kitchen Blues (3.02)
  5. Hard Love (5.05)
  6. I Want My Crown (2.42)
  7. Will This House Be Blessed (3.31)
  8. Delia (4.00)
  9. Lock, Stock & Barrel (3.42)
  10. Spoonful (8.30)
  11. Me and My Chauffeur (4.42)
  12. Big Road Blues (4.00)
  13. Road Kill (6.03)
  14. Gone Fishing (2.03)

All tracks by Martin Simpson except
Track 5 Bob Franke;
Track 7 John B. Spencer;
Track 10 Willie Dixon;
Track 11 Memphis Minnie

> Folk Music > Records > Martin and Jessica Ruby Simpson: Band of Angels

Martin and Jessica Ruby Simpson: Band of Angels

Martin and Jessica Ruby Simpson: Band of Angels (Red House RHR CD 96)

Band of Angels
Martin and Jessica Ruby Simpson

Red House Records RHR CD 96 (CD, USA, 1995)

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Produced by Jessica Ruby Simpson and Martin Simpson at Bear Creek Studios, Santa Cruz, California;
Engineered and mixed by William Coulter, Justin Mayer and Barry Phillips, assisted by Band of Angels;
Cover photograph by Frans Lanting;
Album design by Lisa Ekström

Musicians

Jessica Ruby Simpson: vocals, percussion;
Martin Simpson: guitars, vocals;
Lisa Ekström: accordion, whistle, vocals;
Alisa Fineman: harmonium, guitar, vocals;
Kimball Hurd: mandolin, mandola, guitar vocals;
Barry Phillips: cello, bowed psaltery, harmonium, percussion, vocals

Tracks

  1. Kindness of Strangers (5.51)
  2. Who’ll Water My Flowers (7.29)
  3. Raglan Road (4.48)
  4. Lilies of the Field (5.50)
  5. Kevin Carter (4.52)
  6. Le Petit Mercelot / Le Boiteaux (4.43)
  7. Come to Light (3.38)
  8. Rolling Down the Hill (2.17)
  9. Erev Shel Shoshanim (4.00)
  10. Lilith (4.00)
  11. How Will I Ever Be Simple Again (3.41)
  12. Give Me the Moon (5.24)
  13. Lady of the Lake / Betsy the Serving Maid (Roud 156; Laws M20; G/D 6:1094) (6.37)

Tracks 1, 4-5, 7, 12, 13a Jessica Ruby Simpson;
Tracks 2, 6a, 13b trad. arr. Band of Angels;
Track 3 lyrics P.J. Kavanaugh, tune trad. arr. Band of Angels;
Track 6b Michel Le Cam;
Track 8 Kimball Hurd;
Track 9 Moshe Dor, Yosef Hadar;
Track 10 Martin Simpson;
Track 11 Richard Thompson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson, Wu Man: Music for the Motherless Child

Music for the Motherless Child

Martin Simpson, Wu Man: Music for the Motherless Child (Water Lily Acoustics WLA-CD-49-CD)

Music for the Motherless Child
Martin Simpson, Wu Man

Water Lily Acoustics WLA-CD-49-CD (CD, USA, 1995)

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Produced and recorded by Kavichandran Alexander;
Co-produced by Bill Lewis;
Recorded at Christ the King Chapel, St Anthony’s Seminary, Santa Barbara, CA, in April 1995;
Photography by Michael Sexton;
Art direction by Robert ‘Norton’ Wilmott

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar;
Wu Man: pipa

Tracks

  1. One More Day (Roud 704) (5.02)
  2. A-Minor Blues (16.36)
  3. White Snow in Spring (6.36)
  4. Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (19.31)
  5. The Coo-Coo Bird (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (7.12)
  6. Motherless Child (Roud 10072) (8.31)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson, Wu Man except
Track 2 Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Live

Live

Martin Simpson: Live (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-11)

Live
at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 15 October 1994
Martin Simpson

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-11 (CD, UK, 1996)
Red House Records RHR CD 106 (CD, USA, 18 February 1997)

Martin Simpson: Live (Red House RHR CD 106)
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Recorded at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 15 October 1994;
Sound engineer Tony Jezzard;
Digital mastering by Henry Smithson at Sounds Good, Reading;
Cover design by Lisa Ekström

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, vocals

Tracks

  1. Dreamtime (6.15)
  2. Forgotten the Blues (6.24)
  3. Donal Óg (Roud 3379) / My Generous Lover (Roud 1996) / The Coo Coo Bird (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) / Santa Cruz (8.21)
  4. Betsy the Serving Maid (Roud 156; Laws M20; G/D 6:1094) (5.00)
  5. Hard Love (5.30)
  6. Broke Down Engine (Roud 23774) (2.26)
  7. Rosie Anderson (Roud 2169; G/D 7:1462) / The Shearing’s Not for You (Roud 4845; G/D 7:1486) / Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (7.15)
  8. The Company You Keep (6.23)
  9. Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (7.05)
  10. Lilith (4.49)
  11. Pretty Saro (Roud 417) / Long Steel Rail (Roud 3423) (5.08)
  12. Will This House Be Blessed / The First Cut Is the Deepest (6.58)

Tracks 1, 3d, 10 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 2, 12a John B. Spencer;
Tracks 3a-c, 4, 7, 9, 11 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 5 Bob Franke;
Track 6 lyrics trad., music Martin Simpson;
Track 8 Jessica R. Simpson;
Track 12b Cat Stevens

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: 61 Highway

61 Highway

Martin Simpson: 61 Highway (Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-12)

61 Highway
Martin Simpson

Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-12 (EP, UK, 1996)

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Recorded at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 26 November 1995;
Presented by Tim Healey;
Sound engineer Tony Jezzard;
Digital mastering by Henry Smithson at Sounds Good, Reading;
Cover design and layout by Peter Acry

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, vocals

Tracks

  1. 61 Highway / Highway 61 Revisited (7.35)
  2. Spoonful (6.15)
  3. New Kitchen Blues / Big Road Blues (5.20)

Track 1a trad.;
Track 1b Bob Dylan;
Track 2 Willie Dixon;
Track 3a Martin Simpson;
Track 3b Tommy Johnson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Cool & Unusual

Cool & Unusual

Martin Simpson: Cool & Unusual (Red House RHR CD 110)

Cool & Unusual
Martin Simpson

Red House Records RHR CD 110 (CD, USA, 16 September 1997)

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An instrumental album with members of Tarika Sammy

Engineered and recorded by Justin Mayer at Bear Creek Studio, Bonny Doon, California;
Produced by Martin Simpson;
Front cover portrait by Paul Shraub;
Album design by Lisa Ekström

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic, electric, resonator and D guitars, fretless banjo, čumbuš;
Doug Robinson: electric bass guitar;
Rick Walker: percussion;
David Lindley: lap slide acoustic guitar, bowed tambur;
Kelly Joe Phelps: lap slide acoustic guitar;
Sammy (Samoela Adriamalalaharijaona): marovany, valiha;
Johnny (Jules Zafimery Andraimanahirana): electric bass guitar;
Tiana (Solomon Ratianarinaivo): percussion

Tracks

  1. Darling Corey (Roud 5723) (6.40)
  2. Shepherds’ Delight (2.06)
  3. Stole and Sold From Africa (3.49)
  4. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (3.59)
  5. The Week Before Easter (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (5.01)
  6. Medley: The Waters of Tyne (Roud 1364) / My Bonny Lad (Roud 204) / Rradcliffe’s Fancy (3.44)
  7. Prelude / Ssanta Cruz (7.18)
  8. Rye Whiskey (Roud 941) (2.01)
  9. Lord Jamie Douglas (Roud 87; Child 204) (2.31)
  10. Deep Blue Sea (Roud 3119) (3.50)
  11. Swannanoa Tunnel (Roud 3602) (3.25)
  12. Ramblin’ Round (Roud 17658) (3.17)
  13. Disassembly of God / Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Roud 5435) (4.56)
  14. James Connolly (Roud 12495) (2.40)
  15. Rose of Allandale (Roud 1218) (3.00)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Tracks 2, 7 Martin Simpson;
Track 6c Jessica Ruby Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson et al: Kãmbara Music in Native Tongues

Kãmbara Music in Native Tongues

Martin Simpson, David Hidalgo, Viji Krishnan, Puvalur Srinivasan: Kãmbara Music in Native Tongues (Water Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-63-CD)

Kãmbara Music in Native Tongues
Martin Simpson, David Hidalgo, Viji Krishnan, Puvalur Srinivasan

Water Lily Acoustics WLA-CS-63-CD (CD, USA, 1998)

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Produced and recorded by Kavichandran Alexander;
Co-produced by David Hidalgo;
Associate producers: Dr Dilip Raval and Bill Lewis;
Recorded at Christ the King Chapel, St Anthony’s Seminary, Santa Barbara, CA, in April 1995;
Cover art by Michael Green;
Cover photography by Michael Sexton

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, vocals;
David Hidalgo: bajo sexto, vocals, accordion;
Viji Krishnan: violin, vocals;
Puvalur Srinivasan: mridaṅgam

Tracks

  1. Waltzing’s for Dreamers (4.18)
  2. The Slow Pageant (10.43)
  3. He’ll Have to Go (6.13)
  4. El Jarabe Loco (6.54)
  5. A Dancer’s Gait (8.23)
  6. The Running Kind (5.15)

Track 1 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 2, 5 David Hidalgo, Martin Simpson;
Track 3 Audrey Allison, Joe Allison;
Track 4 trad. arr. David Hidalgo, Martin Simpson;
Track 6 Merle Haggard

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Bootleg USA

Bootleg USA

Martin Simpson: Bootleg USA (Simpsonian SIMPCD001)

Bootleg USA
Martin Simpson

Simpsonian SIMPCD001 (CD, UK, 1999)
Topic Records TSDLxxx (digital download, UK, December 2009)

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Tracks 1, 5, 9 recorded at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA, 2 May 1999;
Tracks 2, 4, 6 recorded at Stone Soup, Providence, RI, 5 June 1999;
Tracks 3, 7-8 recorded at the Bay Theater, Suttons Bay, MI, 5 October 1998;
Original photo of Martin Simpson by Randy Anglin;
Sleeve design by Kiosk

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, vocals;
Doug Robinson: bass, vocals [10]

Tracks

  1. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) / James Connolly (Roud 12495) (5.39)
  2. One More Day (Roud 704) / Boots of Spanish Leather (9.21)
  3. Roadkill (7.29)
  4. Strange Affair (4.16)
  5. Granemore Hare (5.58)
  6. Icarus (5.09)
  7. Highway 61 / Highway 61 Revisited (7.46)
  8. Delia (3.50)
  9. Jasper Songbird / Spoonful (8.49)
  10. Fool Me Once (4.45)

Tracks 1, 2a, 5, 7a, 8 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Tracks 3, 9a, 10 Martin Simpson;
Track 4 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 2b, 7b Bob Dylan;
Track 6 Anne Lister;
Track 9b Willie Dixon

> Folk Music > Records > Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekström, Martin Simpson: Beautiful Darkness

Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekström, Martin Simpson: Beautiful Darkness

Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekström, Martin Simpson: Beautiful Darkness (High Bohemia HBR CD002)

Beautiful Darkness
Celebrating the Winter Solstice
Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekström, Martin Simpson

High Bohemia Records HBR CD002 (CD, UK, 2000)

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Produced by Jessica Radcliffe;
Recorded at: Bear Creek Studios. Santa Cruz, California by Barry Phillips;
Sound Unreel, Memphis, Tennessee by Dawn Hopkins;
The Boiler Room, New Orleans, Louisiana by Mark Bingham;
Frontier Recording, Copemish, Michigan by Scott Zylstra and Gerry O’Beirne;
Post production coordination by Pat Burke;
Design, typography and scratchboard illustration by Lisa Ekström

Musicians

Jessica Radcliffe: vocals [2b, 6, 9, 12-13, 16], spoken word [1b, 4, 12, 14], bells [1a, 4];
Lisa Ekström: vocals [5, 8, 10, 13, 15], accordion [1a, 8, 15], wooden whistle [4], whistle [7];
Martin Simpson: mandola [1a, 4, 7], guitar [1c, 2b, 3, 6, 9, 12-13, 15, 17];
Mark Bingham: keyboard drone [2a];
Jimmy Franks: spoken word [2a];
Gerry O’Beirne: 6-string guitar [9], 12-string guitar [1a, 9], guitar [7, 10, 12], ukulele [7];
Barry Phillips: cello [1a, 5-6, 9, 11, 13], cello drone [2a, 16], drum [7];
Shelley Phillips: English horn [13], oboe [13], wooden whistle [16]

Tracks

  1. Northern Lass / Snowflakes / Snowflakes (6.38)
  2. Time Is a Little Girl / Over the River and Through the Woods (2.18)
  3. The Time Is Drawing Near (3.45)
  4. Kolyada / Old One (2.45)
  5. Räven och Bonden / A Gift (2.38)
  6. Give Me the Moon (3.02)
  7. Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance / In Winters Shadow (3.20)
  8. O Vent (3.12)
  9. The Cutty Wren (Roud 236) / I Look for You (4.41)
  10. Here Till Here Is There (2.27)
  11. To Drive the Cold Winter Away (Roud V9375) (1.47)
  12. One Small Candle / Beautiful Darkness (4.50)
  13. The Winter Wedding / The Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) / The King (Roud 19109) / The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (5.09)
  14. Solstice Fire (0.19)
  15. Tourne, Tourne (4.13)
  16. Bright Child / Magic (2.44)
  17. The Holly Bears the Crown (Roud 514) (1.32)

Track 1a trad. arr. Martin Simpson, Gerry O’Beirne;
Track 1b Henry Wadsworth Longfellow;
Track 1c Martin Simpson;
Tracks 2a, 6, 9b, 12ab Jessica Radcliffe;
Track 2b Lydia Marie Child, arr. Jessica Radcliffe;
Tracks 3, 7a, 9a, 13cd, 17 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 4 trad. Russian, arr. Lisa Ekström, Jessica Radcliffe;
Track 5 trad. Swedish/Norwegian, arr. Lisa Ekström, Barry Phillips;
Track 7b, John Matthews, from Song of Taliesin;
Track 8 Manouche, France; trad. arr. Lisa Ekström;
Track 10 Robin Williamson arr. Gerry O’Beirne, Lisa Ekström;
Track 11 trad. arr. Barry Phillips;
Track 13ab Irish, lyrics Caitlin Matthews;
Track 14 John Matthews, from The Meditation;
Track 15 Gabriel Jacoub arr. Lisa Ekström, Martin Simpson;
Track 16 Martin Ludgate, from Saturn and the Dragon of the Solstice

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: The Bramble Briar

The Bramble Briar

Martin Simpson: The Bramble Briar (Topic TSCD513)

The Bramble Briar
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD513 (CD, UK, 2001)

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Produced by Martin Simpson
Recorded at Bear Creek Studios, Santa Cruz, CA, engineered by Barry Philips
and at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire, engineered by Oliver Knight
Mixed by Barry Philips, Oliver Knight and Martin Simpson
Original Photography by Tom Howard
Design by John Haxby

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2002: Best album

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, vocals;
Martin Carthy: guitar [2, 10-11];
Chris Parkinson: accordion, harmonica [10-11];;
Jessica Radcliffe: backing vocals [11];
Barry Philips: cello [4, 12]

Tracks

  1. Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (4.16)
  2. The Lover’s Ghost (Roud 179; Child 248) (3.16)
  3. Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (6.08)
  4. Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (5.34)
  5. The Four Angels (3.17)
  6. Betsy the Serving Maid (Roud 156; Laws M20; G/D 6:1094) (4.11)
  7. The Bramble Briar (Roud 18; Laws M32) (4.58)
  8. Banks of Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (2.51)
  9. Rounding the Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (3.44)
  10. The Princess Royal (2.20)
  11. Sammy’s Bar (4.26)
  12. Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (4.05)
  13. Air for Maurice Ogg (3.32)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 5 words Rudyard Kipling, music Martin Simpson;
Track 11 Cyril Tawney;
Track 13 Alistair Anderson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Righteousness & Humidity

Righteousness & Humidity

Martin Simpson: Righteousness & Humidity (Topic TSCD540)

Righteousness & Humidity
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD540 (CD, UK, 2003)

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Recorded at Noiselab, New Orleans and at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay, Yorkshire;
Engineering and production assistance: Jimmy Augustin, Oliver Knight;
Produced by Martin Simpson

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals [1, 3-5, 8-9, 12-15], acoustic guitar [1, 3-6, 9-10, 12-15], ukulele [2], electric guitar [2, 5, 8-9, 11, 13-15], ukulele [2], lap-steel [2, 9, 11], footsteps [2], hi-hat [2], 5-string banjo [5, 7], percussion [5], slide guitar [5, 15];
James Singleton: acoustic bass [1, 4, 8, 14];
Carl Budo: drums [1, 8, 14];
Rick Kemp: fretless bass [2], percussion [2], electric bass [9, 15];
Jessica Radcliffe: vocals [3, 14];
Amassa Miller: organ [3];
Reggie Scanlan: Fender bass [5, 16];
Dave Malone: electric guitar [8, 14, 16];
Mike Skinkus: percussion [16]

Tracks

  1. John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (3.43)
  2. Horn Island (3.38)
  3. I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes (5.47)
  4. Easy Money (2.45)
  5. Payday (3.15)
  6. This World Is a Trouble and a Trial (2.06)
  7. Ghosts in the Pines (1.31)
  8. The Coo Coo Bird (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479) (4.04)
  9. Love Never Dies (4.24)
  10. Some Dark Holler (2.29)
  11. Rico (4.19)
  12. Georgie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (6.23)
  13. Wild Bill Jones (5.02)
  14. The Devil’s Partiality (3.52)
  15. Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (3.58)
  16. The Last Shot Got Him (2.03)

Tracks 1, 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 12-13, 15-16 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 11 Martin Simpson;
Track 14 Gallivan Burwell

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: The Definitive Collection

The Definitive Collection

Martin Simpson: The Definitive Collection (Highpoint HPO6009)

The Definitive Collection
Martin Simpson

Highpoint Recordings HPO6009 (CD, UK, 2004)

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Tracks

  1. Moonshine (2.10)
  2. I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes (5.47)
  3. Dives and Lazarus (5.34)
  4. Down Where the Drunkards Roll (3.39)
  5. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) / James Connolly (Roud 12495) (3.39)
  6. Road Kill (3.39)
  7. The Lakes of Ponchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (3.39)
  8. The First Cut is the Deepest (3.33)
  9. One More Day (Roud 704) / Boots of Spanish Leather (3.36)
  10. Nobody’s Fault But Mine (3.36)
  11. The Keel Row (Roud 3059; G/D 4:771) (2.36)
  12. Rounding the Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539) (3.44)
  13. Clerk Sanders (Roud 3855; Child 69) (9.31)
  14. Shawnee Town (3.48)
  15. Horn Island (3.38)
  16. Gone Fishing (3.38)

Tracks 1, 8 are from Grinning in Your Face (12TS430, 1983);
Tracks 7, 14 are from Sad or High Kicking (12TS438, 1985);
Track 11 is from from Martin and Jessica Simpson: True Dare or Promise (12TS446, 1987);
Track 4 is from The World Is a Wonderful Place (Hokey Pokey HPR 2003.2, 1993);
Tracks 6, 16 are from Smoke and Mirrors (Thunderbird TBE5001-2, 1995);
Tracks 5, 9 are from Bootleg USA (High Bohemia, no #, 1999);
Tracks 3, 12 are from The Bramble Briar (TSCD513, 2001);
Tracks 2, 15 are from Righteousness & Humidity (TSCD540, 2003);
Track 10 is from Dark Was the Night: A Tribute to the Music of Blind Willie Johnson (Deep Sea SeaD 8002, 2003);
Track 13 is from Kind Letters (TSCD553, 2005)

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson in Concert at the Freight & Salvage

Martin Simpson in Concert at the Freight & Salvage

Martin Simpson in Concert at the Freight & Salvage (Vestapol 13046)

In Concert at the Freight & Salvage
Martin Simpson

Vestapol Productions 13046 (DVD, USA, 2004)

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This DVD presents a solo concert recorded at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, California. No recording date is given, but probably the mid-1990s.

Produced and directed by Jesse Block;
Cover photos by Anna Grossman

Tracks

  1. Medley of Airs: Long Steel Rail / Donal Óg (Roud 3379) / My Generous Lover (Roud 1996)
  2. Betsy the Serving Maid (Roud 156; Laws M20; G/D 6:1094)
  3. Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226)
  4. Roadkill
  5. Medley: Poormouth / Broke Down Engine
  6. Gospel Medley: Wayfaring Stranger / Go Down Moses / The Turtle and the Asp
  7. Dreamtime
  8. The Company You Keep
  9. Icarus

Tracks 1-3, 5, 6ab trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 4 trad., additional lyrics Martin Simpson;
Tracks 6c, 7 Martin Simpson;
Track 8 Jessica R. Simpson;
Track 9 Anne Lister

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Kind Letters

Kind Letters

Martin Simpson: Kind Letters (Topic TSCD553)

Kind Letters
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD553 (CD, UK, 2005)

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Recorded at Panda Sound, Robin Hood’s Bay in spring 2004;
Engineered by Oliver Knight;
Produced by Martin Simpson and Oliver Knight;
Photographs by Bryan Ledgard;
Design and illustration by David Bailey

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Dónal Clancy: guitars;
Éamon Doorley, James Fagan: bouzouki;
Tom Doorley: flute;
Donnchadh Gough: uilleann pipes, bodhrán;
Nancy Kerr: violin, viola;
Oísin McAuley: violin;
Brendan McCarthy: accordion,
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh: whistle, vocals,
Chris Parkinson: piano accordion, harmonica

Tracks

  1. The Cruel Brother (5.02)
  2. Love Henry (Roud 47; Child 68) (3.56)
  3. Bareback to Bullhassocks (2.52)
  4. Here’s Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 165) (4.05)
  5. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (4.05)
  6. Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (4.16)
  7. The Flying Cloud (Roud 1802; Laws K28; G/D 1:44) (6.56)
  8. The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (5.42)
  9. A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816) (3.36)
  10. When First I Came to Caledonia (4.46)
  11. Peggy and the Soldier (Roud 907; Laws P13; G/D 6:1129) (2.58)
  12. Clerk Sanders (Roud 3855; Child 69) (9.31)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 3 Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Guitar Maestros

Guitar Maestros

Martin Simpson: Guitar Maestros (Sound Techniques GM001)

Guitar Maestros
Martin Simpson

Sound Techniques GM001 (DVD, UK, 2006)

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Martin Simpson in conversation with Trevor Dann

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals, guitar, banjo [14]

Tracks

Main Feature

Interview by Trevor Dann with interspersed songs:

  1. Medley: The Air for Maurice Ogg (2.24) /
    One More Day (Roud 704) (3.13) /
    Boots of Spanish Leather (4.47)
  2. Bareback to Bullhassocks (2.22)
  3. Louisiana 1927 (3.05)
  4. The Flying Cloud (Roud 1802; Laws K28; G/D 1:44) (6.13)
  5. I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes (5.52)
  6. Rolling & Tumbling (3.42)
  7. Duncan and Brady (Roud 4177; Laws I9) (2.28)
  8. A Love Letter (3.33)

Additional Tracks

  1. Love Never Dies (4.00)
  2. Easy Money (2.30)
  3. Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23) (4.04)
  4. Medley: Kit’s Tune (1.40) /
    When a Knight Won His Spurs (3.13)
  5. When First I Came to Caledonia (4.15)

Bonus

  1. The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (5.33)
  2. Martin strings his guitar
  3. Visting the Sobell Workshop

Track 1a Alistair Anderson;
Tracks 1b, 6-7, 11, 12b, 13-14 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 4 trad. / Martin Simpson;
Track 5 trad. / Blind Willie Johnson arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 1c Bob Dylan;
Tracks 2, 8-10, 12a Martin Simpson;
Track 3 Randy Newman

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son

Prodigal Son

Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son (Topic TSCD567)

Prodigal Son
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD567 (CD, UK, 2007)
Three Black Feathers TBFLP005 (2 LP, UK, 2010)
Topic Records TTSCD001 (2 CD, UK, 22 March 2019)

Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son (Topic TTSCD001)
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Produced by Martin Simpson;
Recorded by Joe Rusby at Pure Studios, South Yorkshire;
Jackson Browne recorded at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, engineer Paul Dieter;
CD recorded live at the Union Chapel in Islington, London on 13 November 2007 (see also the DVD Prodigal Son: The Concert);
Photographs by David Angel;
Design by Tony Engle and David Bailey / Kiosk

Musicians

CD 1

Martin Simpson: acoustic, resonator, lap-slide and electric guitar, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Alistair Anderson: concertina, Northumbrian pipes;
Jackson Browne, Kate Rusby, Kellie While: vocals;
Andy Cutting: accordion;
Barry Phillips: cello;
Danny Thompson: bass

CD 2: Live November 2007

Martin Simpson: acoustic and lap-slide guitar, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion;
Andy Seward: double bass;
Kellie While: backing vocals

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Batchelor’s Hall (Roud 385) (4.45)
  2. Pretty Crowing Chicken (Roud 179; Child 248) (2.53)
  3. Lakes of Champlain (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176) (4.36)
  4. She Slips Away (3.18)
  5. Granemore Hare (Roud 2993) (5.55)
  6. Mother Love (1.52)
  7. Little Musgrave (Roud 52; Child 81) (5.54)
  8. A Love Letter (3.14)
  9. Duncan and Brady (Roud 4177; Laws I9) (2.41)
  10. Never Any Good (5.23)
  11. Good Morning Mr Railroad Man (3.27)
  12. Louisiana 1927 (4.19)
  13. La Rivolte (1.52)
  14. Andrew Lammie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018) (9.18)
  15. Kit’s Tune / When A Knight Won His Spurs (5.18)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 1 Dick Connette;
Tracks 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15a Martin Simpson;
Track 12 Randy Newman

CD 2: Live November 2007

  1. Lakes of Champlain (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176)
  2. Batchelor’s Hall (Roud 385)
  3. Duncan and Brady (Roud 4177; Laws I9)
  4. Pretty Crowing Chicken (Roud 179; Child 248)
  5. Strange Affair
  6. Never Any Good
  7. Good Morning Mr Railroad Man
  8. I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes
  9. Love Never Dies

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson except
Track 5 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 6, 8-9 Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Never Any Good

Never Any Good

Martin Simpson: Never Any Good (Topic TSCD7001)

Never Any Good
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD7001 (EP, UK, 2007)

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Produced by Martin Simpson;
Track 1 taken from Prodigal Son, re-mixed and edited by Andy Seward;
Tracks 2-4 recorded by Andy Seward, producey ba Andy Seward and Martin Simpson;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Photographs by David Angel

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic, electric, slide guitars, dobro, banjo, foot stomps, vocals;
Kate Rusby, Kelly While: backing vocals;
Andy Seward: bass;
Danny Thompson: bass

Tracks

  1. Never Any Good (4.11)
  2. Greystones (3.00)
  3. Love Never Dies (3.57)
  4. I Don’t See No Water (3.04)

All tracks written by Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: True Stories

True Stories

Martin Simpson: True Stories (Topic TSCD567)

True Stories
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD578 (CD, UK, 2009)

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Recorded at Greystone Studio, Thurlstone and at Wavelength Studios, Dorncaster;
Engineered and mixed by Andy Seward;
Muireann Nic Amhlaoib recorded in Killarney, Co Kerry by Ruairi O’Flaherty;
Produced by Andy Seward and Martin Simpson;
Photographs by Hugo Morris;
Design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Martin Simpson: banjola [1], guitar [2, 4-12], slide guitar [3], baritone guitar [11], dobro [11], percussion [11], 5-string banjo [13], vocals [1-2, 4-7, 9-11, 13];
Philip Selway: drums [1, 13], percussion [1];
Keith Angel: drums [4, 11], percussion [1, 13];
Danny Thompson: bass [1, 3-4, 6, 8, 13];
Andy Cutting: accordion [1-2, 4-5, 8-11, 13];
B.J. Cole: pedal steel guitar [1, 4, 9, 11];
Muireann Nic Amhlaoib: vocals [1, 4];
Nigel Eaton: hurdy-gurdy [2, 5];
Kellie While: vocals [5];
Andy Seward: bass [9, 11];
Jon Boden: fiddle [10, 13];

Tracks

  1. Look Up, Look Down (3.22)
  2. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.54)
  3. Greystones (4.19)
  4. Home Again (4.38)
  5. The Wind and the Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.21)
  6. One Day (4.00)
  7. Will Atkinson (3.59)
  8. Kielder Schottische (2.43)
  9. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212) (6.52)
  10. Done It Again (4.02)
  11. An Englishman Abroad (4.22)
  12. Swooping Molly (2.18)
  13. Stagolee (Roud 4183) (3.29)

Tracks 1-2, 5, 8-9, 13 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Tracks 3-4, 6-7, 10-12 Martin Simpson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son: The Concert

Prodigal Son: The Concert

Martin Simpson: Prodigal Son: The Concert (Topic TSDVD580)

Prodigal Son: The Concert
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSDVD580 (DVD, UK, 2009)

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Produced and directed by Robin Bextor for New Wave Pictures;
Executive producer: Tony Engle for Topic Records;
Filmed at the Union Chapel in Islington, London on 13 November 2007;
Photographs by David Angel;
Artwork and design The Art Surgery

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic and lap-slide guitar, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion;
Andy Seward: double bass;
Kellie While: backing vocals

Tracks

  1. She Slips Away / Mother Love / Little Musgrave (Roud 52; Child 81)
  2. The Ballad of Sammy’s Bar
  3. Granemore Hare (Roud 2993)
  4. I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes
  5. Louisiana 1927
  6. Kit’s Tune / When a Knight Won His Spurs
  7. Love Never Dies
  8. Lakes of Champlain (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176)
  9. Batchelor’s Hall (Roud 385)
  10. Duncan and Brady (Roud 4177; Laws I9)
  11. Pretty Crowing Chicken (Roud 179; Child 248)
  12. Andrew Lammie (Roud 98; Child 233; G/D 5:1018)
  13. Strange Affair
  14. Never Any Good
  15. Good Morning Mr Railroad Man

Tracks 1ab, 7, 14 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 1c, 3-4, 8, 10-12, 15 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 2 Cyril Tawney;
Track 5 Randy Newman;
Track 9 Dick Connette;
Track 13 Richard Thompson

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Purpose+Grace

Purpose+Grace

Martin Simpson: Purpose+Grace (Topic TSCD584)

Purpose+Grace
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD584 (CD, UK, 5 September 2011)

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Produced by Andy Seward and Martin Simpson;
Engineered and mixed by Andy Seward at The Chairworks Castleford, Wavelength Doncaster and Greystones Studio Millhouse Green;
Recording assistants Keith Angel and James Mottershead;
Additional recording in Santa Cruz by Barry Philips;
Photography by David Angel;
Design by Mr Suff

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals [1-7, 9-10, 13], 5 string banjo [1, 9, 11], acoustic guitar [2-8, 13], electric guitar [4, 12], acoustic lap slide guitar [10], resonator guitar [11-12];
Keith Angel: drums [1, 4, 11, 13], percussion [1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13];
Jon Boden: fiddle [1, 11-13];
B.J. Cole: pedal steel guitar [1, 4, 6, 9, 13];
Andy Cutting: accordion [1, 3-4, 7, 9, 11, 13];
Andy Seward: electric bass [1, 3-4, 11-13], bass [7, 9];
Richard Thompson: electric guitar [1, 3-4];
Will Pound: harmonica [4-5, 7, 13];
Dick Gaughan: vocals [5-6];
Barry Philips: cello [5];
June Tabor: vocals [8];
Fay Hield: vocals [12]

Tracks

  1. The Sheffield Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71) (4.18)
  2. Bold General Wolfe (Roud 624) (5.05)
  3. Brothers Under the Bridge (5.18)
  4. Little Liza Jane (Roud 825) (4.35)
  5. Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (3.06)
  6. Jamie Foyers (Roud 1941; G/D 1:106) (4.16)
  7. In the Pines (Roud 3421) (6.10)
  8. Strange Affair (4.45)
  9. Banjo Bill (3.26)
  10. Barbry Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (6.49)
  11. Don’t Leave Your Banjo in the Shed Mr Waterson (1.56)
  12. Bad Girl’s Lament (Roud 2; Laws Q26) (4.16)
  13. The Lakes of Ponchartrain (Roud 1836; Laws H9; Henry H619) (4.18)

Tracks 1-2, 7, 10, 13 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 4, trad. arr., additional lyrics Martin Simpson;
Track 3 Bruce Springsteen;
Track 5 Yip Harburg, Joy Gorney;
Track 6 lyrics Ewan MacColl, tune trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 8 Richard Thompson;
Tracks 9, 11 Martin Simpson;
Track 12 trad. arr. Martin Simpson, Fay Hield, Jon Boden

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Vagrant Stanzas

Vagrant Stanzas

Martin Simpson: Vagrant Stanzas (Topic TSCD589)

Vagrant Stanzas
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD589 (CD, UK, 29 July 2013)
Topic Records TXCD589 (2 CD deluxe issue, UK, 29 July 2013)

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Produced by Peter Denenberg, Martin Simpson and Richard Hawley;
Recorded at Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield on 15 November 2012 and 16 January 2013; at PRS Studios Annapolis, Maryland, USA on 14-18 December 2012; and at Andy Bell’s Studio, Sheffield, on 4 February 2013;
Engineered by Peter Denenberg, Colin Elliot and Andy Bell;
Mastered by Silas Brown;
Photography by Shaun Bloodworth;
Studio photography by Marc Quigley;
Design by David Bailey

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic, electric and slide guitars, 5 string banjo, vocals

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Diamond Joe (Roud 3585) (3.08)
  2. Jackie and Murphy (5.47)
  3. Shepherds Rejoice (Roud 7105) (1.58)
  4. Come Down Jehovah (4.53)
  5. Molly As She Swings (2.18)
  6. Palaces of Gold (3.39)
  7. Blue Eyed Boston Boy (Roud 629; Laws A17; G/D 1:105) (2.24)
  8. Delta Dreams (4.14)
  9. Waly Waly (Roud 87; Child 204) (6.33)
  10. North Country Blues (4.41)
  11. Lorena (1.58)
  12. Lady Gay (Roud 196; Child 79) (3.56)
  13. Stranger Song (4.54)
  14. Come Write Me Down (Roud 381; G/D 5:980) (1.53)

Deluxe Issue CD 2

  1. Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (6.52)
  2. Kaga Re (1.51)
  3. Blind Willie McTell (3.58)
  4. Old Paint (Roud 915) (1.48)
  5. The Bell (3.01)
  6. Diamond Joe (Roud 3585) (demo) (3.08)
  7. The Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170; G/D 3:693) (2.59)
  8. Green Linnet (Roud 1619) (6.16)

Tracks 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14-15, 18, 20-22 trad.;
Tracks 2, 5, 8, 19 Martin Simpson;
Track 4 Chris Wood;
Track 6 Leon Rosselson;
Tracks 10, 17 Bob Dylan;
Track 11 words Henry D.L. Webster (1856), music J.P. Webster;
Track 13 Leonard Cohen

Promo Video

> Folk Music > Records > Simpson Cutting Kerr: Murmurs

Simpson Cutting Kerr: Murmurs

Simpson Cutting Kerr: Murmurs (Topic TSCD591)

Murmurs
Simpson Cutting Kerr

Topic Records TSCD591 (CD, UK, 8 June 2015)

Murmurs Deluxe Edition
Simpson Cutting Kerr

Topic Records TXCD591 (CD+DVD, UK, 8 June 2015)

Simpson Cutting Kerr: Murmurs Deluxe Edition (Topic TXCD591)
Simpson Cutting Kerr: Dark Honey (Topic STOP2591)

Dark Honey / Ruben
Simpson Cutting Kerr

Topic Records STOP2591 (digital download, UK, 20 April 2015)
Topic Records STOP2591 (7" single, UK, 11 May 2015)

Simpson Cutting Kerr: Ruben (Topic STOP2591)
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Produced by Andy Bell;
Recorded by Andy Bell at Redkite Studios on 20-22 January 2015;
Assistant engineer Hugh Sheehan;
Filming by James Lockey;
Mixed by Andy Bell at Underbank Studios;
Mastered by Silas Brown at Legacy;
Starlings photograph by Graham Catley;
Photography by Shaun Bloodworth;
Design by Bruce Brand at Arthole

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitars, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion;
Nancy Kerr: fiddle, viola, vocals

Tracks

CD

  1. Dark Swift & Bright Swallow (3.51)
  2. Richmond Cotillion (3.03)
  3. Dark Honey (3.25)
  4. Fair Rosamund (Roud 3729) (5.24)
  5. Gather the Owls / Train on the Island (3.09)
  6. Toy Soldiers (4.07)
  7. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73) (4.49)
  8. Seven Years (4.23)
  9. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (7.54)
  10. Lads of Alnwick (2.24)
  11. Not Even the Ground / Two Ladies (4.49)
  12. Some Old Salty (3.38)

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

  1. Angel Hill (4.16)
  2. Boston Smuggler (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691) (5.55)
  3. I Like Him, He’s Common (1.36)
  4. Broomfield Hill (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135) (4.13)
  5. Stealin’ (3.29)

Deluxe Edition DVD

  1. I’ll Play You Who I Am
    a documentary film about the making of Murmurs
  2. Bonus interview videos

Single

  1. Dark Honey (3.25)
  2. Ruben (Roud 3423) (4.21)

Tracks 1, 6 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 2, 4, 5b, 7, 9-10, 14, 16-17 trad.;
Track 3, 11a Nancy Kerr;
Track 5a Emily Askew, Rachel Newton, Hannah James;
Tracks 8, 11b, 15 Andy Cutting;
Track 12 Lal Waterson, Oliver Knight
Track 13 words Charles Causley, music Jim Causley

Video

This video shows Simpson Cutting Kerr rehearsing Seven Years on 10 January 2015:

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson & Friends: Green Onions / Willie Taylor

Martin Simpson & Friends: Green Onions / Willie Taylor

Simpson Cutting Wright: Green Onions (Topic STOP2016)

Green Onions / Willie Taylor
Simpson Cutting Wright / Simpson Cutting Kerr

Topic Records STOP2016 (7" single, UK, Record Store Day 16 April 2016)

Simpson Cutting Kerr: Willie Taylor (Topic STOP2016)
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Photography by Graham Whitmore;
Drawing by David Suff

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitars, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion;
Tom Wright: drums, guitar [1];
Nancy Kerr: fiddle, viola, vocals [2]

Tracks

Side A

  1. Green Onions (3.05)

Side B

  1. Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757)

Track 1 Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Lewis Steinberg, Steve Cropper;
Track 2 trad.

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons: A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites

Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons: A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites

Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons: A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites (Fledg’ling FLED 3100)

Mr. Martin Simpson & Mr Dom Flemons Proudly Present a Selection of Ever Popular Favourites
Martin Simpson

Fledg’ling Records FLED 3100 (CD, UK, 10 October 2016)

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Recorded live by Andy Bell at various venues during autumn 2015;
Portrait photographs by Elly Lucas, performance photographs by David Suff;
Design by Bruce Brand at the Arthole Emporium

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals [2, 4, 6, 9-10], six-string guitar [1-2], lead slide guitar [3], slide guitar [5, 7], guitar [6, 8-11], 5-string banjo [4, 12];
Dom Flemons: vocals [1, 3, 5, 7-8, 11-12], background vocals [6, 9], 4-string plectrum banjo [1], harmonica [2], lap-style slide guitar [3], guitar [5, 7], bones [2, 4, 10, 12], quill [8, 11], electric tea kettle [9]

Tracks

  1. My Money Never Runs Out (Roud 18812) (3.10)
  2. John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (4.16)
  3. If I Lose (4.04)
  4. Little Sadie (Roud 780; Laws I8) (3.59)
  5. Pay Day (3.42)
  6. Short Time Come Again No More (Roud V17531) (3.20)
  7. Too Long (I’ve Been Gone) (3.13)
  8. Bulldozer Blues (4.13)
  9. Stealin’ (3.37)
  10. Champagne Charlie (3.08)
  11. Coalman Blues (4.10)
  12. Buckeye Jim (Roud 10059) (3.11)

All tracks trad. arr. Martin Simpson, Dom Flemons except
Track 2 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 7 Dom Flemons

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Trails & Tribulations

Trails & Tribulations

Martin Simpson: Trails & Tribulations (Topic TSCD593)

Trails & Tribulations
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD593 (CD, UK, 1 September 2017)
Topic Records TXCD593 (2 CD deluxe issue, UK, 1 September 2017)
Weatherbox VIN180LP124 (2 LP, UK, 1 September 2017)

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Recorded at Angelic Studios, Northamptonshire, and old Pig Farm, Sheffield, in spring 2017 and at The Kitchen, Rhosneigr, Anglesey, in May 2016;
Mixed at Hudson Studios and The Silk Mill in spring 2017;
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Calum Malcolm;
Photography, design and layout by Elly Lucas

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals [1-4, 6-11, 13-15, 17, 19], acoustic guitar [1, 3, 5-6, 9-15, 18-19], acoustic slide guitar [8, 17], electric guitar [1-2, 19], electric slide guitar [1, 4, 18-19], electric resonator guitar [2, 16], resonator guitar [6, 9, 14], Weissenborn guitar [3], 5 string banjo [2, 11], ukulele [4];
Ben Nicholls: string bass [1-3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19], electric bass [4, 15];
Toby Kearney: drums [1-4, 15, 19], percussion [1-2, 4, 15, 19];
Nancy Kerr: fiddle [2, 4, 9, 11], viola [4], backing vocals [11];
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion [9-11], melodeon [15];
John Smith: electric guitar [1, 3, 19], backing vocals [1, 3, 19];
Helen Bell: strings [1-2, 19], viola [9];
Amy Newhouse-Smith: backing vocals [1-3, 9, 19];
Molly Simpson: vocals [2]

Tracks

LP 1, Side 1 / CD 1

  1. Blues Run the Game (4.30)
  2. Bones and Feathers (5.22)
  3. Thomas Drew (3.42)

LP 1, Side 2 / CD 1

  1. East Kentucky (Roud 3396) (3.44)
  2. Katherine of Aragon Interlude (0.24)
  3. A Ballad for Katherine of Aragon (5.24)
  4. Maps (3.55)

LP 2, Side 1 / CD 1

  1. St. James’s Hospital (Roud 2; Laws Q26/B1; G/D 7:1404; Henry H680) (4.39)
  2. Jasper’s / Dancing Shoes (6.20)
  3. Ridgeway (3.27)

LP 2, Side 2 / CD 1

  1. Rufford Park Poachers (Roud 1759) (5.38)
  2. Reynardine Interlude (0.47)
  3. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.50)

Deluxe Issue CD 2

  1. Joshua Gone Barbados (4.36)
  2. Dillard Chandler (4.15)
  3. Willie o’ Winsbury (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221) (3.38)
  4. Heartbreak Hotel (3.12)
  5. Blues Run the Game Interlude (0.15)
  6. Blues Run the Game (radio edit) (3.54)

Tracks 1, 19 Jackson C. Frank;
Track 2 Emily Portman;
Tracks 3,-5, 7, 9-10 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 8, 11-13, 16, 18 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 6 Charles Causley, Alex Atterson;
Track 14 Eric Von Schmidt;
Track 15 Dick Connette;
Track 17 Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden, Elvis Presley

Promo Video

> Folk Music > Records > An Introduction to Martin Simpson

An Introduction to Martin Simpson

An Introduction to Martin Simpson (Topic TICD005)

An Introduction to
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TICD005 (CD, UK, 22 June 2018)

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This is a compilation of Martin Simpson’s Topic albums. For musicians and credits see the individual album descriptions.

Tracks

  1. Bones and Feathers (5.19)
  2. Never Any Good (5.28)
  3. Banjo Bill (3.15)
  4. Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56) (5.31)
  5. Love Never Dies (4.24)
  6. Brothers Under the Bridge (5.11)
  7. Clerk Sanders (Roud 3855; Child 69) (9.29)
  8. Love Henry (Roud 47; Child 68) (3.56)
  9. She Slips Away (3.13)
  10. Will Atkinson (3.58)
  11. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.54)
  12. Dark Swift and Bright Swallow (3.49)
  13. John Hardy (Roud 3262; Laws I2) (3.42)
  14. Thomas Drew (3.42)
  15. First Cut Is the Deepest (3.33)
  16. Delta Dreams (4.14)
  17. Palaces of Gold (4.11)

Tracks 1, 14 from Trails & Tribulations (TSCD593, 2017);
Tracks 2, 9 from Prodigal Son (TSCD567, 2007);
Tracks 3, 6 from Purpose and Grace (TSCD585, 2011);
Track 4 from The Bramble Briar (TSCD513, 2001);
Tracks 5, 13 from Righteousness & Humidity (TSCD540, 2003);
Tracks 7-8 from Kind Letters (TSCD553, 2005);
Tracks 10-11 from True Stories (TSCD578, 2009);
Track 12 from Murmurs (TSCD591, 2015);
Track 15 from Grinning in Your Face (12TS430, 1983);
Track 16 from Vagrant Stanzas (TSCD589, 2013);
Track 17 live recording (2018)

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Rooted

Rooted

Martin Simpson: Rooted (Topic TXCD598)

Rooted
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TXCD598/TXLP598 (2 CD deluxe issue/LP, UK, 30 August 2019)

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Produced, recorded, and mixed by Andy Bell;
Recorded at The Foundry, Sheffield, Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire, Tesla Studios, Sheffield in June 2018-April 2019;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Design by David Bailey / Kiosk

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals, banjola, 5-string banjo, 6-string fretless banjo, electric bass guitar, electric and resonator guitars;
Nancy Kerr: fiddle, viola;
Andy Cutting: melodeon, diatonic accordion;
Liz Hanks: cello;
John Smith: electric guitar, vocals;
Ben Nicholls: string bass, electric bass guitar;
Alan Barnes: clarinet;
Tom A Wright: drums, percussion;
Chris While, Julie Matthews, Max Simpson, Amy Newhouse-Smith: vocals;
Richard Hawley, Don Flemons: backing vocals, bones

Tracks

LP 1, Side 1 / CD 1

  1. Trouble Brought Me Here (3.37)
  2. Kimbie (4.11)
  3. Born Human (2.39)
  4. Ken Small (4.11)
  5. Hills of Shiloh (4.22)
  6. Henry Gray (2.56)
  7. Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (4.21)

LP 1, Side 2 / CD 1

  1. Queen Jane (Roud 39; Child 52; G/D 7:1395) (5.04)
  2. Joe Bowers (Roud 2806; Laws B14) (4.52)
  3. Fool Me Once (3.00)
  4. Kingfisher (4.43)
  5. Neo (2.36)
  6. More Than Enough (4.07)

Instrumental Bonus CD: Seeded

  1. Arbutus Turnaround (2.56)
  2. A Blues (1.39)
  3. Bonny Kate (2.18)
  4. Mama, It Ain’t Long (1.56)
  5. Queen Jane (instrumental) (1.29)
  6. Waenglapiau (2.55)
  7. Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (instrumental) (2.29)

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14-15, 19 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 2, 8-9, 16, 18, 20 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Tracks 7, 11, 12 trad. arr. Martin Simpson, lyrics Martin Simpson;
Track 3 David Lynn Grimes;
Track 5 Shel Silverstein, James M. Friedman;
Track 13 Robb Johnson;
Track 17 Blind Willie McTell, arr. Martin Simpson

Videos

Rooted album teaser:

Martin Simpson at the Hudson Records Listening Club on 10 May 2020:

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Home Recordings

Home Recordings

Martin Simpson: Home Recordings (Topic TSCD609)

Home Recordings
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TSCD609 (CD, UK, 13 November 2020)

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Recorded by Andy Bell and Tom Wright in Sheffield between 22 March and 30 July 2020, main tracks recorded 27-30 July;
iPhone recordings by Martin Simpson;
Mastered by Dean Horner;
Cover photo by Kit Bailey;
Booklet photo by Martin Simpson;
Design by David Bailey

Folk Radio UK review by Glenn Kimpton

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar, 5-string banjo, ukulele, vocals;
Max Simpson, Amy Newhouse-Smith, Tom Wright: backing vocals

Tracks

  1. Family Reserve (3.49)
  2. Lonesome Valley Geese (1.00)
  3. Deliah (3.38)
  4. Wren Variations (2.54)
  5. October Song (3.40)
  6. Three Day Millionaire / Don’t Put Your Banjo in the Shed Mr Waterson (3.40)
  7. Angel from Montgomery (4.38)
  8. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (tune) (4.01)
  9. An Englishman Abroad (3.46)
  10. Admiral Benbow (Roud 3141) (3.15)
  11. Augmented Unison (1.50)
  12. House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (5.19)
  13. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3.04)
  14. March 22nd (0.33)

Track 1 Lyle Lovett;
Tracks 2-3, 6b, 8-9, 11, 14 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 4, 10, 12 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 5 Robin Williamson;
Track 6a Mike Waterson;
Track 7 John Prine;
Track 13 Bob Dylan

Videos

Home Recordings album teaser:

Martin Simpson sings October Song:

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Live Before Lockdown

Live Before Lockdown

Martin Simpson: Live Before Lockdown (Martin Simpson)

Live Before Lockdown
Bootleg 2019
Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson (DL, UK, 1 April 2021)

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Recorded and mixed by Tom Wright at Powered Flight Music

Musicians

Martin Simpson: vocals, guitar, 5-string banjo

Tracks

  1. Joe Bowers (Roud 2806; Laws B14) (5.47)
  2. Palaces of Gold (4.14)
  3. Henry Gray (2.56)
  4. Dark Swift And Bright Swallow (3.33)
  5. Ken Small (3.18)
  6. More Than Enough (4.17)
  7. Kimbie (4.14)
  8. Queen Jane (Roud 39; Child 52; G/D 7:1395) (4.06)
  9. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (7.08)
  10. Heartbreak Hotel (3.39)
  11. Neo (2.33)
  12. Kingfisher (4.44)
  13. Never Any Good (5.24)
  14. Trouble Brought Me Here (3.36)
  15. Hills of Shiloh (4.02)
  16. Bones And Feathers (4.43)
  17. Born Human (2.41)
  18. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3.10)

Tracks 1, 7-9 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 2 Leon Rosselson;
Tracks 3-5, 11-14 Martin Simpson;
Track 6 Robb Johnson;
Track 10 Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden, Elvis Presley;
Track 14 Shel Silverstein, James M. Friedman;
Track 15 Emily Portman;
Track 16 David Grimes;
Track 17 Bob Dylan

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz: Nothing But Green Willow

Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz: Nothing But Green Willow

Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz: Nothing But Green Willow (Topic TSCD614)

Nothing But Green Willow
The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry
Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz

Topic Records TSCD614 (CD, UK, 29 September 2023)

Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz: Nothing But Green Willow (Topic TSCD614)
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Mary Sands and Jane Gentry were contributors to Cecil Sharp’s collection English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachians.

Produced by Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz;
Tracks 1, 11-12 recorded by Tom Wright at The Keystone, Sheffield, UK;
Tracks 2, 6 recorded by Thomm Jurz at TJ Tunes, Nashville, Tennessee;
Track 6 additional recording by Brandon Turner and Jim Price;
Tracks 3, 5, 8-10, 13 recorded by Andy Kern at TJ Tunes;
Tracks 4, 7 recorded by Seth Lakeman at Random Sounds, Frome, UK;
Mixed by Thomm Jutz and Andy Kern at TJ Tunes;
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee;
Liner notes by Dr. Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University;
Cover image: ‘Willow’, an original coloured pencil drawing by David Suff, courtesy of the Very Old Gallery, London;
Layout and design by Ben Bowdler

Folk Radio review by Billy Rough

Musicians

Martin Simpson: guitar [1, 3, 5, 7-13], slide guitar [4, 6], banjo [2], vocals [8];
Thomm Jutz: guitar, vocals [10, 13];
Emily Portman: vocals [1];
Sierra Hull: vocals [2], mandolin [2];
Justin Moses: harmony vocals [2], fiddle [2];
Odessa Settles: vocals [3];
Seth Lakeman: vocals [4], tenor guitar [4];
Tim O’Brien: vocals [5], fiddle [5];
Dale Ann Bradley: vocals [6];
Tim Stafford: harmony vocals [6];
Cara Dillon: vocals [7];
Tammy Rogers: vocals [9], fiddle [4, 6, 9];
Angeline Morrison: vocals [11];
Fay Hield: vocals [12]

Tracks

  1. Fair Annie (Roud 42; Child 62; G/D 6:1161; Henry H126) (4.04)
  2. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249) (2.58)
  3. Pretty Saro (Roud 417) (5.02)
  4. Edward (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.47)
  5. Edwin in the Lowlands Low (Roud 182; Laws M34; G/D 2:189; Henry H113) (4.06)
  6. Jacob’s Ladder (Roud 2286) [VWML CJS2/9/2557] (3.34)
  7. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (4.18)
  8. The Wagoner’s Lad (Roud 414) (3.36)
  9. Married and Single Life (Roud 4652) [VWML CJS2/9/2347] (4.46)
  10. The Gypsy Laddie (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.31)
  11. The Suffolk Miracle (Roud 246; Child 272; Henry H217) (4.56)
  12. I Whipped My Horse (Roud 3627) (2.30)
  13. Awake! Awake! (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (4.18)

All tracks trad.

Videos

Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz discuss the origins of Nothing But Green Willow:

Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies, featuring Cara Dillon:

> Folk Music > Records > Martin Simpson: Skydancers

Skydancers

Martin Simpson: Skydancers (Topic TXCD613)

Skydancers
Martin Simpson

Topic Records TXCD613/TSLP613 (2 CD/LP, UK, 12 April 2024)

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Produced by Martin Simpson and Tom Wright;
Recorded by Tom Wright at Keystone Studios, Sheffield, May-June 2023;
On tour live recordings (CD 2, tracks 1-6) recorded by Tom Wright in late 2022 and early 2023;
Additional recording by Andy Bell and Liz Hamks;
Greg Leisz recorded at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, May 2023;
Mastered by Sam Proctor;
Photography by Andy Muscroft;
Skydancers photo by Chris Packham;
Design by Ben Bowdler

KLOF Magazine review by Glenn Kimpton

Musicians

Martin Simpson: acoustic guitar, 5-string banjo, vocals;
Louis Campbell: acoustic and electric guitars;
Andy Cutting: diatonic accordion;
Liz Hanks: cello;
Greig Leisz: pedal steel;
Ben Nicholls: double bass;
Tim Van Eyken, Rosie Hood, Amy Newhouse, Atlas Simpson, Tom Wright: backing vocals

Tracks

LP Side 1 / CD 1

  1. Skydancers (4.15)
  2. New Harmony (4.16)
  3. Alan Tyne of Harrow (Roud 1553)
  4. Tom Sherman’s Barroom (Roud 2; Laws Q26/B1; G/D 7:1404; Henry H680)
  5. Lowlands (Away) (Roud 681; Henry H469) / Billy Waters

LP Side 2 / CD 1

  1. Roger’s Cascade
  2. Fragile Water
  3. The Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327)
  4. Deportee
  5. Donal Óg (Roud 3379)

CD 2

  1. The Leaves of Life (Roud 127) (live)
  2. Yew Piney Mountains (live)
  3. Buckets of Rain (live)
  4. Donal Óg (Roud 3379) (live)
  5. Ridgeway (live)
  6. In the Pines (Roud 3421) (live)
  7. Flash Company (Roud 954)
  8. Cactus Tree

Tracks 1, 6, 15 Martin Simpson;
Tracks 2, 12 Craig Johnson;
Tracks 3-4, 8, 10-11, 14, 16-17 trad. arr. Martin Simpson;
Track 7 Nancy Kerr;
Track 9 Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman;
Track 13 Bob Dylan;
Track 18 Joni Mitchell

Video

Martin Simpson performs Skydancers:

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Groups and Projects featuring Martin Simpson

June Tabor with Martin Simpson: A Cut Above (Topic 12TS410) June Tabor with Martin Simpson, A Cut Above, LP, Topic 12TS410, 1980

Music of Ireland (Stefan Grossman GWCD 4) Davy Graham, Martin Simpson, Duck Baker, John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman, Music of Ireland, Airs, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and Marches Arranged for Fingerpicking Guitar, LP/CD, Shanachie 97004, 1988; Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop GWCD 4, 1988

Juan Martin, Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Martin Taylor: The Four Martins (P3 Music P3M008) Juan Martin, Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy & Martin Taylor, Guitar Nights: The Four Martins, DVD, P3 Music P3M008, 2003

The Full English (Topic TSCD823) The Full English Band, The Full English, CD, Topic TSCD823, 2013

The Elizabethan Session (Quercus QRCD001) Various Artists, The Elizabethan Session, CD, Quercus QRCD001, 2014

The Magpie Arc: EP1 (Collective/Perspective CP1FOR10) The Magpie Arc, EP1, CD/10" EP, Collective/Perspective CP1FOR10, 2020

The Magpie Arc: EP2 (Collective/Perspective CP2FOR10) The Magpie Arc, EP2, CD/10" EP, Collective/Perspective CP2FOR10, 2020

The Magpie Arc: EP3 (Collective/Perspective CP3FOR10) The Magpie Arc, EP3, CD/10" EP, Collective/Perspective CP3FOR10, 2020

The Magpie Arc: Glamour in the Grey (Collective/Perspective CP4FORCD) The Magpie Arc, Glamour in the Grey, CD, Collective/Perspective CP4FORCD, 2022

The Scrub Jay Orchestra: Postcards of the Twanging (Ghosts From the Basement GFTB 7061) The Scrub Jay Orchestra, Postcards of the Twanging, CD, Ghosts From the Basement GFTB 7061, 2023

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Other records with Martin Simpson

Andrew Cronshaw: Earthed in Cloud Valley (Trailer LER 2104) Andrew Cronshaw, Earthed in Cloud Valley, LP, Trailer LER 2104, 1977

Hot Vultures: The East Street Shakes (Red Rag RRR 015) Hot Vultures, The East Street Shakes, LP, Red Rag Recordings RRR 015, 1977

Fylde Acoustic (Trailer LER 2105) Various Artists, Fylde Acoustic, LP, Trailer LER 2105, 1977

Roger Nicholson, Stefan Sobell, Liz Sobell, Pete Coe & Holly Tannen: The Dulcimer Players (Leader Tradition LTRA 502) Roger Nicholson, Stefan Sobell, Liz Sobell, Pete Coe & Holly Tannen, The Dulcimer Players, LP, Leader Tradition LTRA 502, 1977

Andrew Cronshaw: Wade in the Flood (Transatlantic LTRA 508) Andrew Cronshaw, Wade in the Flood, LP, Transatlantic The Leader Tradition LTRA 508, 1978

Hot Vultures: Up the Line (Plant Life PLR018) Hot Vultures, Up the Line, LP, Plant Life PLR018, 1979

Les Barker: Dogmatic (Avada AVA 111) Les Barker, Dogmatic, LP, Avada AVA 111, 1980

Keith Dewhurst & The Albion Band<: Lark Rise to Candleford (Charisma CDS 4020) Keith Dewhurst & The Albion Band, Lark Rise to Candleford, LP, Charisma CDS 4020, 1980

The Good Old Way (Topic TPSS412) Various Artists, The Good Old Way, LP, Topic TPSS412, 1980

Andrew Cronshaw: The Great Dark Water (Waterfront WF 009) Andrew Cronshaw, The Great Dark Water, LP, Waterfront WF 009, 1982

June Tabor: Abyssinians (Topic 12TS432) June Tabor, Abyssinians, LP, Topic 12TS432, 1983

Steve Turner: Eclogue (Fellside FE042) Steve Turner, Eclogue, LP, Fellside FE042, 1984

Buttons & Bows Volume 1 (Dambuster DAM 003) Various Artists, Buttons and Bows Volume 1: A Celebration of British Tunes, 2 LP, Dambuster DAM 003, 1984

Buttons & Bows Volume 2 (Dambuster DAM 006) Various Artists, Buttons and Bows Volume 2: A Further Celebration of British Tunes, 2 LP, Dambuster DAM 006, 1985

Where Would You Rather Be Tonight? (Sunrise A40111M) Various Artists, Where Would You Rather Be Tonight?, LP, Sunrise A40111M, 1986

Anonyma: Burnt Feathers (Fellside FE059) Anonyma, Burnt Feathers, LP, Fellside FE059, 1987

Square Roots (Folk Roots FROOT 001) Various Artists, Square Roots: An Unlikely Selection From the Pages of Folk Roots Magazine, LP, Folk Roots FROOT 001, 1987

Andrew Cronshaw: Till the Beasts’ Returning (Topic 12TS447) Andrew Cronshaw, Till the Beasts’ Returnin, LP, Topic 12TS447, 1988

June Tabor: Aqaba (Topic TSCD449) June Tabor, Aqaba, LP, Topic 12TS449, 1988

Andrew Cronshaw: The Andrew Cronshaw CD (Topic TSCD447) Andrew Cronshaw, The Andrew Cronshaw CD, CD, Topic TSCD447, 1989

June Tabor: Aspects (Conifer CDRR 501) June Tabor, Aspects, LP/CD, Conifer Request CDRR 501, 1990

June Tabor: Anthology (Music Club MCCD 126) June Tabor, Anthology, CD, Music Club MCCD 126, 1993

The Folk Collection (TSCD470) Various Artists, The Folk Collection, CD, Topic TSCD470, 1993

The World Is a Wonderful Place (Hypertension HYCD 200 134) Various Artists, The World Is a Wonderful Place: Songs of Richard Thompson, CD, Hokey Pokey HPR 2003.2, 1993

Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie: Cut and Run (Fledg’ling FLE 1006) Danny Carnahan and Robin Petrie, Cut and Run, CD, Fledg’ling FLE 1006, 1994

Ashley Hutchings: The Guv’nor Vol 1 (HTD CD 23) Ashley Hutchings, The Guv’nor Vol. 1 , CD, HTD HTD CD 23, 1994

Mike Tickell: Warksburn (Black Crow CRO CD 229) Mike Tickell, Warksburn, CD, Black Crow CROCD229, 1994

Fingerstyle Guitar (Vestapol 13018) Various Artists, Fingerstyle Guitar: New Dimensions & Explorations, Vol. 3, video, Vestapol 13018, 1994, DVD, Vestapol 13018, 2003

The Art of Fingerstyle Guitar (Vestapol 13021) Various Artists, The Art of Fingerstyle Guitar, video, Vestapol 13021, 1995

Troubadours of British Folk Vol. 3 (Rhino R2 72162) Various Artists, Troubadours of British Folk Vol. 3, CD, Rhino R2 72162, 1995

The Sporting Life? (Agit-Prop PROP 6) Various Artists, The Sporting Life? An Artists for Animals Compilation, LP, Agit-Pro PROP 6, 1990

Hot Vultures: Vulturama! (Weekend Beatnik WEBE 9031) Hot Vultures, Vulturama!, CD, Weekend Beatnik WEBE 9031, 1998

June Tabor: On Air (Strange Fruit SFRSCD074) June Tabor, On Air, CD, Strange Fruit SFRSCD074, 1998

English Originals (Topic TSCD706) Various Artists, English Originals: A Defining Collection of English Folk Song, CD, Topic TSCD706, 1999

The Folk Collection (Topic TSCD707/8) Various Artists, The Folk Collection, 2 CD, Topic TSCD707/8, 1999

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - The Songs of Pete Seeger (Appleseed 1024) Various Artists, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Songs of Pete Seeger, 2 CD, Appleseed 1024, 1998

Waterson:Carthy: A Dark Light (Topic TSCD536) Waterson:Carthy, A Dark Light, CD, Topic TSCD536, 2002

The Acoustic Folk Box (Topic TSFCD 4001) Various Artists, The Acoustic Folk Box, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4001, 2002

June Tabor: An Echo of Hooves (Topic TSCD543) June Tabor, An Echo of Hooves, CD, Topic TSCD543, 2003

June Tabor: The Definitive Collection (Highpoint HPO6003) June Tabor, The Definitive Collection, CD, Highpoint HPO6003, 2003

Dark Was the Night (Deep Sea SeaD 8002) Various Artists, Dark Was the Night: A Tribute to the Music of Blind Willie Johnson, CD, Deep Sea SeaD 8002, 2003

The Definitive Folk Collection (Highpoint HPO6002) Various Artists, The Definitive Folk Collection, CD, Highpoint HPO6002, 2003

Martin Carthy: Waiting for Angels (Topic TSCD527) Martin Carthy, Waiting for Angels, CD, Topic TSCD527, 2004

Pete Seeger & Friends: Seeds - The Songs of Pete Seeger Vol. 3 Pete Seeger & Friends, Seeds - The Songs of Pete Seeger Vol. 3, 2 CD, Appleseed APR CD 1072, 2004

The English Collection (Highpoint HPO6010) Various Artists, The English Collection, CD, Highpoint HPO6010, 2004

Roy Bailey with Martin Simpson & John Kirkpatrick: Sit Down & Sing (Fuse CFCD406) Roy Bailey with Martin Simpson & John Kirkpatrick, Sit Down & Sing, CD, Fuse CFCD406, 2005

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Strands of Gold (Fellside FECD199) Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Strands of Gold, CD, Fellside FECD199, 2005

June Tabor: At the Wood’s Heart (Topic TSCD557) June Tabor, At the Wood’s Heart, CD, Topic TSCD557, 2005

June Tabor: Always (Topic TSFCD4003) June Tabor, Always, 4 CD, Topic TSFCD4003, 2005

Steve Tilston: Of Many Hands (Ada ADA106CD) Steve Tilston, Of Many Hands, CD, Ada ADA106CD, 2005

Les Barker et al: Twilight of the Dogs (DOG 019) Les Barker et al, Twilight of the Dogs, CD, Mrs Ackroyd DOG 019, 2006

Folk Awards 2011 (Proper PROPERFOLK11) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2005, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK01, 2005

Rubber Folk (Gott Disks GOTTCD035) Various Artists, Rubber Folk, CD, Gott GOTTCD035, 2006

Folk Awards 2006 Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK02, 2006

Cool As Folk (Gott GOTTCD070) Various Artists, Cool As Folk (Cambridge Folk Festival 1999-2006), 2 CD, Gott GOTTCD070, 2007

Folk Awards 2007 Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK03, 2007

Alistair Anderson: Islands (White Meadow WMR2008CD) Alistair Anderson, Islands, CD, White Meadow WMR2008CD, 2008

Folk Awards 2008 Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK05, 2008

That's Proper Folk!! (PROPERFOLK06) Various Artists, That's Proper Folk!!, CD, Proper PROPERFOLK06, 2008

Roy Bailey: Below the Radar (Fuse CFCD170201) Roy Bailey, Below the Radar, CD, Fuse CFCD407, 2009

Three Score and Ten (Topic TOPIC70) Various Artists, Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records, 7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009

Folk Awards 2009 (Proper PROPERFOLK08) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK08, 2009

Roy Bailey: Tomorrow (Fuse CFCD408) Roy Bailey, Tomorrow, CD, Fuse CFCD408, 2010

Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Gift (Topic TSCD579) Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson, Gift, CD, Topic TSCD579, 2010

Lorne MacDougall: Hello World (Greentrax CDTRAX345) Lorne MacDougall, Hello World, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX345, 2010

Folk Awards 2010 (Proper PROPERFOLK10) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK10, 2010

Spiers & Boden: The Works (Navigator 46) Spiers & Boden, The Works, CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR 46, 2011

Dan Walsh & Will Pound: Walsh & Pound (Rooksmere RRCD102) Dan Walsh & Will Pound, Walsh & Pound, CD, Rooksmere RRCD102, 2011

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: A Folk Tribute (Delphonic DELPH010) Various Artists, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: A Folk Tribute, digital download, Delphonic DELPH010, 2011

Haddo: Homecoming (Lulubug 001) Haddo, Homecoming, CD, Lulubug 001, 2012

Fay Hield: Orfeo (Topic TSCD586) Fay Hield, Orfeo, CD, Topic TSCD586, 2012

Ewan McLennan: The Last Bird to Sing (Fellside FECD250) Ewan McLennan, The Last Bird to Sing, CD, Fellside FECD250, 2012

Chris While and Julie Matthews: Infinite Sky (Fat Cat FATCD027) Chris While and Julie Matthews, Infinite Sky, CD, Fat Cat FATCD027, 2012

Folk Awards 2012 (Proper PROPERFOLK12) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012, 3 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK12, 2012

Cambridge Folk Festival 2011 (Delphonic DELPH015) Various Artists, Cambridge Folk Festival 2011, DVD, Delphonic DELPH015, 2012

Will Pound: A Cut Above (Lulubug 1234) Will Pound, A Cut Above, CD, Lulubug 1234, 2013

Roy Bailey: Stories (Fuse CFCD409) Roy Bailey, Stories, digital download EP, Fuse CFCD409, 2014

Nancy Kerr: Sweet Visitor (Little Dish LiDiCD001) Nancy Kerr, Sweet Visitor, CD, Little Dish LIDICD001, 2014

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 (Proper PROPERFOLK15) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK15, 2014

Cambridge Folk Festival: Celebrating 50 Years (Delphonic DELPH100) Various Artists, Cambridge Folk Festival: Celebrating 50 Years, DL, Delphonic DELPH100, 2014

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl (Cooking Vinyl COOKCD624) Various Artists, Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl, CD, Cooking Vinyl COOKCD624, 2015

Roy Bailey: Live at Towersey Festival 2015 (Fuse CFCD410) Roy Bailey, Live at Towersey Festival 2015, CD, Fuse CFCD410, 2016

Fay Hield: Old Adam (Soundpost SOPO5003) Fay Hield, Old Adam, CD, Soundpost SOPO5003, 2016

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016 (Proper PROPERFOLK17) Various Artists, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016, 2 CD, Proper PROPERFOLK17, 2016

Various Artists: Big Bend Killing (Great Smoky Mountains Association 200973) Various Artists, Big Bend Killing, 2 CD, Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2017

Topic: The Real Sound of Folk Music (Topic TICD001) Various Artists, Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music, 2 CD, Topic TICD001, 2017

Steve Turner: Late Cut (Tradition Bearers LTCD1106) Steve Turner, Late Cut, CD, Tradition Bearers LTCD1106, 2018

Ian A. Anderson: Onwards! (Ghosts From the Basement GFTB 7053) Ian A. Anderson, Onwards!, CD, Ghosts From the Basement GFTB 7053, 2019

Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records (Topic TXCD597) Various Artists, Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records, 2 CD/2 LP, Topic TXCD597, 2019

Strings That Nimble Leap (Fellside FECD285) Various Artists, Strings That Nimble Leap, Fylde Guitars and Their Players, 2 CD, Fylde Guitars / Fellside FECD285, 2019

Various Artists: Roy Bailey Remembered (Towersey Festival TF202001) Various Artists, Roy Bailey Remembered, A celebration of Roy's music and life recorded at Towersey Festival 2019, 2 CD, Towersey Festival TF202001, 2020

Frankie Armstrong and Friends: Cats of Coven Lawn (GF*M/Pirate Jenny) Frankie Armstrong, Cats of Coven Lawn, CD, GF*M/Pirate Jenny, 2021

Ben Nicholls: Duets (Hudson HUD042CD) Ben Nicholls, Duets, CD, Hudson HUD042CD, 5 April 2024