Tickets for our Indoor Festival of Folk 2026 at Cecil Sharp House in London on Saturday the 7th of February are flying and it’s no surprise with this line-up.

Maddy Prior and Peter Knight of Steeleye Span performing a set together, Simon Nicol founder member of Fairport being interviewed about all things folk rock by Mathew Bannister, sets from award winning folk artists Chris Wood and Lisa Knapp with her collaborator Gerry Diver, the outstanding up and coming singer/songwriter Ellie Gowers and us.

It’s going to be a fantastic day with folk, food, facilities and a nice warm winter sit down in the beautiful surroundings of the spiritual home of British folk music so don’t hang about getting your tickets.

You can get them here – https://themagpiearc.com/live

And you put our new album Gil Brenton in the charts for us!!! 

Number 2 in the Official UK Indie Chart and number 7 in the Official UK Folk Chart….absolutely fantastic and ALL from proper CD, vinyl and download sales, not a single stream from Spotify or any other streaming platform.

If you’re still to buy it you can listen first and then get it on CD, vinyl or digital download wherever you are from the links below…..

Click here to listen to Gil Brenton before buying

Click here to buy Gil Brenton on Digital Download worldwide

Click here to buy Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – UK orders only

Click here to buy Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – International orders only

You can also gift the album download to someone you love music with via email and a link will be sent to them by email.

Thank you for supporting an independent band doing it their way everyone, it is hugely appreciated.

TMA xx

Thank you everyone for your wonderful support for our new album Gil Brenton!

A Bandcamp bestseller, number 2 in the UK Official Indie Chart and now we’re just waiting to hear about our position in the UK Official Folk Chart.

And we’re super proud that all this has been achieved on real CD, vinyl and download sales only as we haven’t released the album on ANY streaming sites.

The reviews and fan feedback have also been amazing so if you’re still to buy it then please do. You can give it a listen on Bandcamp beforehand and then dive in.

We know it sounds a bit grand but all sales go towards a chart placing and every single one helps as in a hard to make yourself heard world that is invaluable to us for PR purposes.

You can see it, listen to it and buy it on download from here – themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/album/gil-brenton

Or you can get it on CD/vinyl here – themagpiearc.company.site

Thanks everyone and Happy New Year!

TMA xx

Our new album Gil Brenton has gone straight in to the weekly Official UK Independent Breaker Chart at number 2 and there wasn’t a single Spotify stream in sight!

It’s ALL because of physical sales of CD’s and Bandcamp downloads that YOU all bought!

Sales returns for the full monthly Official UK Folk Chart run till the 25th of December so wouldn’t it be something if we could get to number 1?!

If you’ve still to buy a copy of Gil Brenton, it would absolutely wonderful for us if you could do that before then.

Here are the links…

Click here for Gil Brenton Worldwide Downloads

Click here for Gil Brenton CD’s/Vinyl – UK Orders Only

Click here for Gil Brenton CD’s/Vinyl – International Order Only

Thank you so much everyone!

The Magpie Arc xx 🖤🤍💜

We’re very excited to say that our brand new album Gil Brenton featuring the epic 13 minute title track and new single The Mantle with Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is released today on CD/vinyl and digital download and wherever you are you can buy a copy below….

Click here to buy Gil Brenton on Digital Download worldwide

Click here to buy Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – UK orders only

Click here to buy Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – International orders only

You can also gift the album download to someone you love music with via email and a link will be sent to their address straight away.

Every UK order and download qualifies us for the UK Official Folk Chart so it would be absolutely fantastic if you were able to do that and let’s see where we get to! So far it’s looking good for a Top-10 spot.

And the quicker you order the more time our distributors will have to get the album out in time for Christmas.

We’re very very proud of this new collection of songs and hope you enjoy them too.

Nancy, Findlay, Tom and Alex xx

The Magpie Arc 💜

It’s only two days until the release of our new album Gil Brenton featuring the epic 13 minute title track and new single The Mantle with Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and it is available to order now on CD/vinyl and digital download here….

Click here to order Gil Brenton on Digital Download worldwide

Click here to order Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – UK orders only

Click here to order Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – International orders only

Each download copy comes with The Mantle single available straight away but CD, vinyl buyers or indeed anyone can also download that for free at this link here…

Click here to download The Mantle single for free

All UK album sales and downloads count for the Official UK Charts and sales so far suggest we’re in with a chance of a good placing so if you are intending to buy then around now would be wonderful.

AND finally we have new t-shirts available now too so the ideal Christmas pressie for folk lovin’ folks and the perfect opportunity to kickstart your shopping here…

Click here to buy The Magpie Arc T-Shirts

Thanks as ever for all your support everyone, it is increasingly invaluable in a difficult market for all artists!

TMA xx

Thanks so much to everyone for pre-ordering our new album Gil Brenton, sales are flying and it’s looking really good for an Official UK Chart placing which works wonders for the PR of a DIY band like us.

If you’re still to pre-order the album it would be absolutely fantastic if you were able to do that before the release date on the 12th of December and let’s see where we get to.

Click here to pre-order Gil Brenton on digital download

Click here to pre-order Gil Brenton on CD/Vinyl – UK Orders Only

Click here to pre-order Gil Brenton on CD/Vinyl – Overseas Orders Only

Each download copy comes with The Mantle single featuring Ian Anderson and Maddy Prior now but CD and vinyl buyers and indeed anyone can also download that separately for free here…

Click here to download The Mantle single

Finally just to say that it is becoming unbelievably hard for artists of all kinds to cut through the general social media noise that we are all bombarded with so please don’t forget the power of good old word of mouth and do tell others about us and all the other artists that you love.

Nancy, Findlay, Tom and Alex

The Magpie Arc 💜

Any UK CD and vinyl buyers of our new album Gil Brenton who would also like a download copy of the album as well can you please email us at info@themagpiearc.com when you’ve completed your purchase and you shall be furnished with a lovely Bandcamp download code on the albums release which will enable you to access the digital copy for free?

If you’ve already ordered and would like the album on download then please email and you’ll be added to the list and will receive the code too.

Due to UK Chart rules CD and vinyl sales on Bandcamp don’t count towards a placing unless the buyer utilises the additional download option, so in theory we could sell 10,000 copies of an album on CD/vinyl on Bandcamp but if only one buyer actually downloads it then it only counts as one sale.

That is why we have a separate sales shop for UK CD’s and vinyl but we appreciate that puts UK buyers who want a physical copy AND a download copy at a disadvantage if they want to listen on the move.

If you’re still to buy you can get the album at the following links….

Click here to pre-order Gil Brenton on digital download – Worldwide

Click here to pre-order Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – UK Orders Only

Click here to pre-order Gil Brenton on CD or Vinyl – International Orders Only 

Each download copy comes with The Mantle single featuring Ian Anderson and Maddy Prior available now but CD and vinyl buyers can also download that separately for free here now too…

Click here to download The Mantle single

TMA xx 💜

We are beyond excited to announce that joining us for our 4th Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House in London on Saturday the 7th of Feb 2026 are not only the collectively wonderful Ellie Gowers, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver and Chris Wood BUT in a genuine folk rock coup playing a duo set together will be the legends that are MADDY PRIOR and PETER KNIGHT.

We’re still reeling a bit that this is happening to be honest but it most certainly is so we’d recommend grabbing your tickets as soon as possible as it’s sure to be a sell-out.

Tickets and further information on the event are available from the link below….

Indoor Festival of Folk 2026 – Tickets and Information Link

See you there!

TMA xx

Sooo,

Our brand new album Gil Brenton featuring the epic 12 minute title track and new single The Mantle with Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is available to pre-order on CD/vinyl and digital download here….

Click here to pre-order on digital download

Click here to pre-order on CD or Vinyl

Each download copy comes with The Mantle single available now but CD and vinyl buyers can also download that separately for free here…

Click here to download The Mantle single

Every pre-order qualifies us for the UK Official Charts so it would be absolutely fantastic if you were able to do that and let’s see where we get to!

And don’t forget we’re on tour just now where you can hear some of the songs live with all dates and ticket links available at…

Tour dates/Info – themagpiearc.com/live

Nancy, Fin, Tom and Alex xx 🖤🤍💜