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Happy 1st Anniversary to our latest album Glamour In The Grey everyone and thank you for buying it and keeping it in the Official UK Folk Chart since it was released. You’ve no idea how happy that has made us! It’s been pointed out that we have special offer packages of our first three EPsContinue reading “Happy Anniversary!”

We are absolutely delighted to announce the line-up for our 2nd Indoor Festival of Folk which will take place at Cecil Sharp House in London on Saturday the 3rd of February. Join us for top class folk music, food, drink, fun, facilities and a very nice, warm sit down! Appearing along with The Magpie Arc on theContinue reading “The 2nd Indoor Festival Of Folk – London 3rd February 2024!”

Morning All! As the great Andy Warhol once said “If one human is touched by your art, then it’s almost certain that many thousands of humans will also be touched by your art……..all you have to do is reach them.” Three years ago today we released our first EP and seconds after midnight on thatContinue reading “Free Music Friday!”

Today is “Bandcamp Friday” which is the day that the sales platform Bandcamp waive all their revenue for artists that use it.  We are on there, as are Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr and Findlay Napier, so if you would like to buy anything of ours (or any other artist that you like that is onContinue reading “It’s Bandcamp Friday!”

Anyone trying to buy tickets today for our special hometown gig at Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield tomorrow will have noticed that ticket site WeGotTickets is intermittently unavailable. If you would like to come along but are continuing to have trouble buying before then please email your name and the number of tickets you requireContinue reading “Sheffield Gig Tomorrow – Ticket Site Down!”

Anyone recognise the wall?! This week we play the “homest” of hometown gigs at the venue that was the first of everything for The Magpie Arc…..the first place we all met, the first place we fired up the electricity and switched on the buzzy amps, the first place we thrashed the first song into shape,Continue reading “The Magpie Arc – Live In Sheffield Tomorrow Night!”

Hi Everyone, We have an urgent gig announcement! Due to unforeseen circumstances we are having to postpone our gig at The Musician in Leicester on Thursday the 17th of August. Our sincerest apologies to all ticket holders for the inconvenience that this may cause. The new date is Sunday the 25th of February and allContinue reading “Leicester Gig Postponement”

If you’re new to The Magpie Arc or will be seeing us at our summer gigs or the Sidmouth or FolkEast festivals in August for the first time and want to get up to speed with our music then you can now do it in one go by buying a special offer CD or vinylContinue reading “Special Offer Bundles On CD and Vinyl Are Back!”

The founder of the Folk on Foot podcast and all round huge supporter of folk music and musicians, Matthew Bannister, is undertaking a fundraising walk in aid of the 100 year-old Help Musicians charity from the Wickham Music Festival starting on the 4th of August and finishing at the FolkEast Festival on the 18th ofContinue reading “Help Us, Help Matthew, Help Musicians!”

We are finally releasing our latest album Glamour In the Grey on all streaming platforms on Friday the 7th of July but in advance of that the third single from it is released to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc. today. Jack Frost is our wonderfully wintry version of the classic Mike Waterson song andContinue reading “Glamour In The Grey Streaming Release And Summer Gigs!”