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Two years ago we were over the moon to put on our first Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House in London and it was an absolutely fantastic day with us, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, John Spiers, Lizzie Hardingham, Bella Hardy, Blair Dunlop and Matthew Bannister interviewing Maddy and Peter. Our second one wasContinue reading “Indoor Festival Of Folk 3 – 8th Feb 2025!”

Friday We’re In Love…….with T-Shirts and Prints! That’s “Bandcamp Friday” to be precise where today the Bandcamp music site kindly waive all their sales revenue for artists who use the platform to sell on and so today is a very good day for us all if you buy. We sell there, and so to celebrateContinue reading “T-Shirts Now Available!”

It’s a manic Monday and the weekend is in the rearview mirror but there’s reasons to be cheerful as we’ve Friday on our minds. That’s Bandcamp Friday to be precise where for one day a month they kindly waive all their sales revenue for artists who use the platform to sell on. And to celebrateContinue reading “The Magpie Arc T-Shirts!”

Hi Folks, We’re going to post this again and probably again and again, as there is a lot of “sponsored” ie. “paid for” noise on social media about how absolutely wonderful streaming services are for artists and what a great job they’re doing providing them with a platform for success! And also the numpty (ScottishContinue reading “The Importance Of Downloads (Again)!”

Gig week is next week and we’re playing a hometown show in Sheffield on the 14th of August then at the legendary rock venue The Robin in Bilston, near Wolverhampton on the 15th and we would love to see you there. Tickets are selling fast and you can get further information from our live pageContinue reading “Gig Week Is Next Week!”

As many people will know The Magpie Arc extended family are some of the finest folk artists in the UK and as a summer treat and for a limited time only our “Let Me Introduce You To The Family” download compilation album featuring ten superb folk tracks from us and our “nearests and dearests” isContinue reading “More Free Music And Gigs!”

Thanks to everyone for the incredibly generous response to our Martin Simpson’s wonderful wife Kit Bailey’s “100 Skips a Day” Cancer UK fundraiser in June which raised £360 for Cancer Research from purchases of our Ae Fond Kiss download single. We know you can’t support every cause that comes your way but we’re going toContinue reading “Thank You Everyone!”

Tickets are available for our two upcoming mid-week gigs at Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield on the 14th of August and at The Robin in Bilston, Wolverhampton on the 15th of August so do get yourselves along, it would be wonderful to see you there for some belting summer folk rock and a drink orContinue reading “Upcoming Sheffield/Wolverhampton Gigs And Amazon”

Our Martin Simpson’s wonderful wife Kit Bailey is coming to the end of her “100 Skips A Day In June” challenge in aid of Cancer Research UK and to support her fantastic effort (just try jumping up and down five times and you’ll understand!) we have been giving all the June proceeds from the salesContinue reading “Three Days Left – Please Read!”