We couldn’t be happier to announce the arrival of a brand new song brought into the world today with the help of the wonderful Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull on flute and Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span on backing vocals.

The Mantle is the preview song from our soon to be released new album and is now available to listen to and download from the Bandcamp link below….

Download Link – The Magpie Arc – The Mantle featuring Ian Anderson and Maddy Prior

Remember you can integrate downloads into any streaming app you use such as Apple or Spotify or you can use the excellent Bandcamp app too.

Hope you enjoy the song and do check out our upcoming tour dates too at the live link below….

The Magpie Arc 2025 Autumn Tour Dates

Nancy, Findlay, Tom and Alex

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Our autumn tour is approaching fast so do come along and see us where we’ll have the award-winning artist Sam Carter joining us on guitar and we’ll be playing some new songs from our very soon to be announced new album.

We’re playing round England and for the first time in Wales at Cardiff.

Dates are… 

Fri 17th Oct – The Cast, Doncaster

Sat 18th October – Indoor Festival of Folk (North), Victoria Hall, Settle (with Edgelarks, Sam Carter, The Bookshop Band, Frankie Archer and Ashley Hutchings)

Sun 19th October – The Cluny 2, Newcastle upon on Tyne

Thurs 23rd Oct – South Street, Reading

Friday 24th Oct – Water Rats, London

Sat 25th October – Ragged Bear Festival, Nuneaton (with The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Gaz Brookfield and many others)

Sun 26th Oct – Acapela Studio, Cardiff

Thurs 30th Oct – Gloucester Guildhall, Gloucester

Sat 1st Nov – The Met, Bury, Lancashire

Sun 2nd November – The Robin 2, Bilston (near Wolverhampton)

All information and ticket links are at themagpiearc.com/live

Looking forward to seeing you out there!

TMA xx 

Today is Bandcamp Friday which is the day of the month that the Bandcamp music sales site waive their share of their sales revenue for everyone who sells on there and therefore a great day for artists if you happen to buy stuff.

We’re there with special offers on CD/vinyl bundles, t-shirts and our FREE/pay what you wish Anthology download compilation album of ALL our music so check them out and do feel free to share our free compilation with anyone you think may like us and introduce them to The Magpie Arc.

Click here for our music offers – https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-compilation

Click here for t-shirt offers – https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/merch/the-magpie-arc-t-shirts-including-free-uk-postage-packing

And do come and see us live on our English tour in October/November, we’re playing….

All information and ticket links are at https://themagpiearc.com/live

TMA xx

Our October and November dates where we’ll be joined by our good friend and superb guitarist Sam Carter are all for sale at our live page here….

The Magpie Arc Live Page

….and we’re delighted to say that we’ll previewing some songs at all the gigs from our forthcoming new album which will be announced in more detail soon.

What we can tell you now however is that we have some VERY special guests appearing on the album and it’s an exciting new chapter in The Magpie Arc story so keep your eyes peeled.

Do get along to see us on one of the stops at Doncaster, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gloucester, Reading, London, Nuneaton, Cardiff, Bury, Bilston (near Wolverhampton) or at the beautiful Victoria Hall in Settle, North Yorkshire which is our own one day Indoor Festival of Folk which features us, Edgelarks, Frankie Archer, The Bookshop Band, Sam Carter AND…..only “The Guvnor” of all things folk rock himself, Ashley Hutchings, in conversation with Matthew Bannister.

See you out there somewhere!

TMA xx

NO…….but we ARE playing lots of gigs round the country in October, including our first Indoor Festival of Folk (North) in Settle with some superb guests and the Ragged Bear Festival in Nuneaton.

AND all gigs come with nice toilets and properly priced beer so check out the information and dates at the link below, grab your tickets now and then we’ll see you in the autumn.

The Magpie Arc Live October 2025 – https://themagpiearc.com/live/

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After loads of requests from people for whom London is a bit too far to go we are delighted to say that we are partnering with the beautiful Victoria Hall in Settle and will be hosting our very first Indoor Festival of Folk North) there on Saturday the 18th of October where we will have the same outstanding line-up as we had at Cecil Sharp House last February.

Playing on the day are Edgelarks, Frankie Archer, The Bookshop Band, Sam Carter, The Magpie Arc AND…..only “The Guvnor” of all things folk rock himself, Ashley Hutchings, who will be in conversation with Matthew Bannister and will be telling tales of Fairport, Steeleye, the Albions, his life and his new email friend, Bob Dylan.

Anyone who was at our day in London will tell you how special it was to hear Ashley talk and that alone will make your day!

Limited tickets are available and it is sure to be a sell-out so don’t hang around and grab yours now for folk, food, facilities and a nice warm autumn sit down all in the company of some of the UK’s finest musicians.

Get your tickets at the link here – The Indoor Festival of Folk (North)

See you there!

TMA xx 🖤🤍💜

In the run up to our new album which will be out in the autumn we have slashed….yes SLASHED is the only word we can use to describe it….our prices on all music bought directly from the band, so if you have a gap in your The Magpie Arc collection then now is your time or get a value for money present for someone you think will like us and spread the word.

Check them out here – The Magpie Arc Online Shop

And our autumn gigs are flying so if you live in or near Doncaster, Settle (which is the first of our own one day festivals in the north and is aptly named the Indoor Festival of Folk (North) with us, Edgelarks, The Bookshop Band, Frankie Archer, Sam Carter and the main man of all things UK folk rock, Ashley Hutchings, being interviewed by broadcaster Matthew Bannister), Newcastle, Reading, London, Nuneaton (for the Ragged Bear Festival with The Men They Couldn’t Hang and loads of other great artists), Cardiff, Gloucester, Bury or Bilston (near Wolverhampton) then get your tickets now.

Click here for Oct/Nov gig details – https://themagpiearc.com/live/

See you out there somewhere!

TMA xx

All our October/November 2025 gigs are now on sale and we’re very delighted to be variously returning to either the scene of past crimes as they say in detective series and places we’ve played before or else opening up new pork markets as they say in politics and visiting places for the first time. And all with our friend and fantastic guitar player Sam Carter.

So if you live in or near Doncaster, Settle (which is the first of our own one day festivals in the north and is aptly named the Indoor Festival of Folk (North) with us, Edgelarks, The Bookshop Band, Frankie Archer, Sam Carter and the main man of all things UK folk rock, Ashley Hutchings, being interviewed by broadcaster Matthew Bannister), Newcastle, Reading, London, Nuneaton (for the Ragged Bear Festival with The Men They Couldn’t Hang and loads of other great artists), Cardiff, Gloucester, Bury or Bilston (near Wolverhampton) then be there or be square!

All tickets/information is available at the link below and YES you will be hearing and be able to buy new music from us then too!!! 😀

Click Here For Oct/Nov Gigs – https://themagpiearc.com/live/

See you there.

TMA xx

We’re very sad to announce that following our upcoming gigs in April and our appearance at the Ely Folk Festival in July our colleague, friend and “Chairman of The Magpie Arc Board”, Martin Simpson, will be leaving the band.

Martin has exciting new solo plans afoot and wishes to devote all his professional time and energy into seeing those through to fruition over the next few years.

He’s kindly given us a good few months notice though so we’d be delighted if you’d join us somewhere on the April gig trail to make each of the shows one to remember and help us bid him farewell.

We’re returning to Gateshead, Sheffield and Exeter and coming to Oxford, South Petherton and Bath for the very first times and all details are at the live page of our website here…

The Magpie Arc April Gig Info And Ticket Links

We’ll be in touch soon about future plans, including our new album which will be released in the autumn but in the meantime we’ll see you out there on tour soon.

TMA xx

Thank you to everyone who came out to see us at our gigs and at our own Indoor Festival Of Folk 2025 in London a week or so ago.

We are back out live in April playing in Gateshead, Sheffield, Exeter, Oxford, Bath and South Petherton and info/tickets are available from the link here…

The Magpie Arc Live Dates

As ever we have special offer CD’s and vinyl bundles of all our music and some copies left of the coloured vinyl limited edition of our Top 10 Official chart album Glamour In The Grey all available from our webshop here…

The Magpie Arc CD’s and Vinyl

And free postage and packing on our band t-shirts which you can see at the link here…

The Magpie Arc T-Shirts

Finally the next Indoor Festival of Folk in London will be on Saturday the 7th of February 2026 so do save the date for another great day of folk, food, facilities and a nice warm winter sit down.

Thanks for your support as ever and will see you out there live in April.

TMA xx