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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!”

Our Mr Simpson’s wonderful wife Kit Bailey is doing the “100 Skips A Day In June” challenge in aid of Cancer Research UK and to support her tremendous effort (have you ever tried one skip never mind a hundred?!) we will give all the June proceeds from the sales of our single of Robert BurnsContinue reading “Please Take 30 Seconds To Read!”

Welcome to all our new subscribers who have joined us in the last few weeks through our free/pay what you want Anthology download album. Hope you’re enjoying our music and hopefully we’ll see you at a gig sometime too. A lot of people have asked why we have made our collection available for free/pay whatContinue reading “The Importance Of Downloads!”

We keep getting asked by lovely fans who have previously supported us by buying CD’s and vinyl but who don’t use streaming services if there’s a way of getting our music on to their devices so that they can listen to it on the move without having to buy it again? Why yes, there is!Continue reading “Lots Of Free Music!”

Everyone loves a recommendation eh? Well today is “New Fans Friday” and the day to give a shout out to artists you want other people to check out so do join in the fun and rattle off some names round your music circle by email/social media/pigeon/whatever for everyone to explore. Never underestimate the power ofContinue reading ““New Fans Friday” Music Recommendations!”

Just a little heads up about the music site Bandcamp, why we regularly mention it and why it is vitally important for the thousands of independent artists who use it. Bandcamp is a platform that allows it’s users to sell download copies of their music plus also physical merchandise (CDs, vinyl, t-shirts, anything really) directContinue reading “Why Today Is Important!”

Our Martin Simpson’s superb new album “Skydancers” is an Amazon number one bestseller and our Anthology download collection is a Bandcamp bestseller too! If you haven’t heard it already then do check out Martin’s album which is being hailed by reviewers as possibly his best ever, it really is that good. Click here for MartinContinue reading “Bestsellers!”

We’re delighted to be playing another summer night gig in Sheffield this year on Wednesday the 14th of August at our spiritual home Yellow Arch Studios and tickets are now on sale so click on the link below to buy yours… The Magpie Arc Live At Yellow Arch Studios Anybody who was at our gigContinue reading “Summer Gig In Sheffield/Thank You!”

Sometime this week (or next) is the third anniversary of something that none of us can quite remember and so like everyone else marking spurious occasions our record label is releasing a deluxe “immersive listening experience” box-set of our top 10 UK chart album Glamour In The Grey specially remixed by the ghost of BeatlesContinue reading “Massive News!!!”