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 🖤🤍💜

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

The Magpie Arc 💜

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/

TMA 🖤🤍💜

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 🖤🤍💜