SO WE’VE GONE AND DONE THIS!!! A STRICTLY one-off, LIMITED EDITION of 100 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED and individually UNIQUE “sea foam with melted crayon effect” copies of latest album GLAMOUR IN THE GREY complete with SONG LYRIC and BAND PHOTOS insert which could be YOURS right NOW!!!!! (Why all the CAPITAL letters? Because BIG LETTERS getContinue reading “Unique And VERY Ltd Collectors Edition Of Glamour In The Grey In Coloured Vinyl Out Now!”
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New Streaming Single Out This Friday!
Glamour In The Grey – Act 2, Scene 2! Our latest album Glamour In The Grey is being released to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc. on the 7th of July, but in advance of that all you streamers can listen to the rollicking second single from it, Don’t Leave The Door Open, by clickingContinue reading “New Streaming Single Out This Friday!”
Summer Gigs And Festivals!
We are playing the following gigs and festivals this summer and it would be wonderful to see you out and about at one or more! Thursday 10th August – Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton, West MidlandsFriday 11th August – Sidmouth Folk Festival, Sidmouth, DevonThursday 17th August – The Musician, Leicester, LeicestershireFriday 18th August – FolkEast Festival,Continue reading “Summer Gigs And Festivals!”
Amazon and Ibiza!
We’ve gone corporate…got into bed with big business…sold out to “The Man” etc. etc. Actually, all we’ve done is just put Glamour In The Grey and The First Three EPs CD’s up on that Amazon thing after repeated requests from people who are probably looking to offload gift vouchers! So, you can buy our TopContinue reading “Amazon and Ibiza!”
A Song For The Birds
Today is another Bandcamp Friday which is the day that our digital distributor Bandcamp waive all their revenue for artists that use the platform, so it’s an especially good day for us to download our 3 EP’s or latest album Glamour In The Grey. We also have a single available of our version of theContinue reading “A Song For The Birds”
Free Music Friday!
Welcome all new subscribers to our mailing list! As a wee “thank you” for joining up and as an introduction to The Magpie Arc here is a link to a three song sampler with a band song each from Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson and Findlay Napier. You can download these and integrate them into yourContinue reading “Free Music Friday!”
New British Folk/Rock Facebook Group
Hi Everyone, A new Facebook group has been set up for British Folk/Rock and it would be wonderful if those that use Facebook could join, contribute and spread the folk/rock word? It’s a place to share your stories, memories and photos of Folk/Rock over the last fifty years and party like it’s 1967 all overContinue reading “New British Folk/Rock Facebook Group”
New Video Single!
It’s absolutely Baltic out there and snow is falling everywhere, except that is on the beautiful Isle of Arran where our Findlay Napier is likely wearing shorts and inventing cocktails in advance of our trip to the Costa del Folk festival on Ibiza in April. As David Coverdale of Whitesnake would holler “here’s a songContinue reading “New Video Single!”
Charts, Gigs and Overseas Orders
A huge thanks to everyone who has kept the “chart party” going in January by buying our latest album Glamour In The Grey. It’s up 8 places and back in to the top 10 of the Official UK Folk Chart. We’re a super-chuffed “supergroup” (BBC Radio 2’s words, not ours!) If you’ve still to buyContinue reading “Charts, Gigs and Overseas Orders”
Ae Fond Kiss Raises £250 For The RSPB!
Whoah, thank you everyone! A quick post on Wednesday about our version of Rabbie Burns’s song Ae Fond Kiss being available as a pay what you want download for charity and bang, £250 for the RSPB and the birds. We’ll keep it running indefinitely so head over to https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/track/ae-fond-kiss-single and check it out. Pay somethingContinue reading “Ae Fond Kiss Raises £250 For The RSPB!”