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We had the absolute pleasure of hosting some fantastic artists and guests at our Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House a few weeks ago and now available to listen to is the superb interview by Matthew Bannister of the Folk On Foot podcast with UK folk/rock production legends Joe Boyd and John Wood.Continue reading “Indoor Festival of Folk – Joe Boyd and John Wood Interview Now Available To Listen To!”

We’ve had a fantastic first two weeks of touring and thank you so much to everyone who has come along and for your wonderful clapping, cheering, singing and arm-waving! We are now heading to The Cast in Doncaster tomorrow and The Fire Station in Sunderland on Sunday, whilst next week sees us off to Goole,Continue reading “Tour Update and Free EP!”

Thank you so much to everyone who came along to our Indoor Festival of Folk 2024 at Cecil Sharp House on Saturday, it was an absolutely fantastic day with amazing music from all the artists and a fascinating and touching interview by Matthew Bannister with folk/rock and production legends Joe Boyd and John Wood. WeContinue reading “Indoor Festival of Folk 2025 Date And Next Tour Stops”

Thanks to everyone who has been in touch asking about bringing albums along to sign at our February tour, there seems to be a wee bit of hesitancy amongst folks about the etiquette of asking a band to sign something that they’ve already bought in the past rather than buying something new at the gig.Continue reading “Album Signings On Tour!”

Tour time is approaching and our first run of three gigs are a headline show at the world famous Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, our own “one day, sit yourself down in a lovely warm venue with food, drink and facilities” festival at Cecil Sharp House in London and also a show in the wonderfullyContinue reading “Gigs, Gigs, Gigs!”

Thank you to everyone who has bought tickets for one of our tour gigs in February, we’re really looking forward to getting back out and playing live for you again. We’ve had many people on asking the pertinent question of what exactly is our “An Evening With The Magpie Arc” show and so for thoseContinue reading “February Tour – What Is “An Evening With The Magpie Arc”?”

Our own one-day festival, the Indoor Festival Of Folk, at Cecil Sharp House in London is on the 3rd of February and features Tom Robinson, The Trials of Cato, The Rosie Hood Band, Janice Burns and Jon Doran, us and a very special interview session hosted by BBC broadcaster Matthew Bannister with two legends ofContinue reading “February Tour And Our Own Unique London Festival!”

Ooh, a lovely Christmas bonus from Bandcamp! The download collection of our 22-song Glamour In The Grey and the First Three EPs anthology is a folk/rock bestseller! Did you know that you can send music as a gift by email via Bandcamp so if you need to sort out a late/surprise pressie for someone thatContinue reading “Need To Buy A Late Pressie?”

Hi Everyone, Next week sees the last posting dates for UK Christmas delivery so if you’re planning on making a gift of The Magpie Arc music to a significant folk loving someone then buying as soon as possible would be wise. CD’s, regular vinyl and the special edition coloured vinyls of our chart album GlamourContinue reading “Christmas Posting/February Tour Dates”

If you have a folk-lovin’ significant person in your life (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?) then The Magpie Arc family have some appropriate Christmas gifty things available. Martin Simpson has an extraordinary new album out with Nashville-based songwriter Thomm Jutz and a host of very special folk guests called Nothing But Green Willow whichContinue reading “Folk Christmas!”