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 that you love music with then you can do that for any artist that’s on there in minutes?

We’re here obviously but so are our Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson and Findlay Napier plus all our extended family of wonderful musicians and bands.

And here we are – themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/music

Check out the budget-priced Anthology and also our “Let Me Introduce You To The Family” compilation album which includes a selection of songs from us, the above band-members and our amazing “nearest’s and dearest’s” all of whom are some of the finest folk artists in the UK!

TMA xx 🖤🤍💜

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 Glamour In the Grey and our first three EPs are all available at https://themagpiearc.company.site/

And if you need an urgent last minute option then you can gift a download link to any of our music by email from our Bandcamp site at https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/music

Also our final tour dates for February have been confirmed and all shows are now on sale at https://themagpiearc.com/live/

A reminder that our own festival at Cecil Sharp House in London on the 3rd of February 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 broadcaster Matthew Bannister with two legends of British folk/rock, Joe Boyd and John Wood, the manager/producers behind Fairport, Sandy Denny, John Martyn, Nick Drake, the Incredible String Band plus loads of others. Many of us have lived our lives with that music and now is the chance to hear from two of the central characters about the who, what, where, why and when behind the artists

It’ll be a truly unique event in absolutely beautiful surroundings with music, chat, food, drink, facilities and a nice warm sit down but tickets are strictly limited so be quick to book and don’t miss out!

Thank you as ever for all the support everyone and hope you’re all keeping warm and dry.

TMA xx 🖤 💜 🎅

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 which you can check out by clicking here.

Nancy Kerr’s band Melrose Quartet with James Fagan and Jess and Richard Arrowsmith have a wonderful new album called Make The World Anew which you can view here.

Our Findlay Napier runs a great “Del Boy-esque” sideline in tea towels, which sell like hot cakes. Plus of course fantastic music over a range of excellent solo albums, which you can see here.

And we have special offers and free P&P on our CD and vinyl bundles, including some remaining copies of our limited edition 12″ coloured vinyl with photos and lyrics insert of the Glamour In The Grey album, which you can check out here.

Perfect stock folking-fillers!

TMA xx

Apologies to anyone who is experiencing a delay in receiving a CD or vinyl order from us.

Due to a huge amount of retailers turning Black Friday into a week-long event these days our distributor is facing a large backlog across all their outlets which has affected us too.

They are working flat out to clear this so please don’t worry, all music orders have been processed and will be distributed asap.

And thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of our Let Me Introduce You To The Family album sampler of music from our award winning, award-nominated and generally some of the best folk musicians in the UK extended family. It hit number 2 on the Bandcamp bestseller list which is a fantastic achievement.

There are ten songs from Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Rosie Hood, Gillian Frame, James Fagan, the Melrose Quartet and us so do check it out and then go on to explore any of them that you’re not familar with. There’s a wealth of amazing music and you’ll be delighted that you did!

You can see the compilation and preview the music by clicking here

Thanks again everyone!

TMA xx

The Magpie Arc musical family tree is EXTRAORDINARY! There’s award-winners, award-nominees and generally some of the UK’s best folk musicians, and so in the grand tradition of the 1960’s/70’s album samplers we have put together a collection of songs from everyone which is now available to download on Bandcamp.

“Let Me Introduce You To The Family” features ten songs from us, Nancy Kerr, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Rosie Hood, Findlay Napier, Gillian Frame, the Melrose Quartet and Martin Simpson so do check it out at the link below and then carry on exploring everyone’s music using the links in each of the songs. You’ll be very delighted that you did!

Let Me Introduce You To The Family compilation album – Click Here

TMA xx

We are absolutely delighted to announce the final addition to 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.

Joining the acts already confirmed for top class folk music, food, drink, fun, facilities and a very nice, warm sit down are the fantastic BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning band The Trials of Cato!

They will appear along with us, Tom Robinson, The Rosie Hood Band, Janice Burns and Jon Doran and a very special interview session hosted by BBC and Folk On Foot broadcaster Matthew Bannister where he will be talking to, taking questions for and extracting stories from the co-creators of the UK Folk/Rock genre the legendary producer/manager Joe Boyd and producer/engineer John Wood (Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Richard and Linda Thompson, Fotheringay, the Incredible String Band and loads more).

For many of us Joe and John are the men behind the bands and solo artists whose music has accompanied us throughout our lives and this will be a very rare opportunity to hear them talk about the who, what, why and where of 60’s/70’s British Folk/Rock.

Day tickets are available to buy right now at themagpiearc.com/live/

These will be limited in number so be very quick to get yours and ensure that you don’t miss out!

We have more gigs added to our February tour as well, including a Friday headline slot at the Love Folk Festival at The Atkinson in Southport on the 9th and all information/tickets are at the same link above.

And thank you to everyone who bought our special 22 songs for £10, everything we’ve recorded Anthology download album, it’s still riding high in the Bandcamp bestseller list and is available to buy or gift to someone that you love music with here at themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/album/the-magpie-arc-anthology

Thank you for all the continued support everyone and have a lovely weekend!

TMA xx 🖤 💜

Our Anthology download album hit number one on the Bandcamp worldwide folk/rock bestseller chart! How fantastic is that?!!

Thank you to everyone who bought a copy and also to those who have asked for a copy of the album artwork, it really is beautiful and we’re trying to work out something else interesting that we can do with it.

Twenty-two download songs for a bargain £10 which you can buy or even send as an email gift to someone who you love music with.

You can find it at the link here – https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/album/the-magpie-arc-anthology

Or if you prefer CD’s and vinyl you can find special offer bundles of The First Three EPs and Glamour In The Grey which together make up the Anthology collection at the link here – https://themagpiearc.com/shop/

And just a reminder that we are also touring round the UK in February and new dates have been added so do check them out and come along to see us live. All gigs are a whole evening with us which means an opening set of solo spots from Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr and Findlay Napier followed by a full band second set. Value for money or what?!   

You can find the information and tickets links for the festival and all our tour dates at the link here – https://themagpiearc.com/live/

Thank you for your support everyone, as ever it’s always hugely appreciated!

TMA xx 🖤 💜

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 EPs plus the Glamour album on CD and vinyl but not on download so we have put that right and a special budget-priced combined package of these is available to download from Bandcamp now.

Twenty-two songs for a bargain £10, and as today is Bandcamp Friday where they waive their share of sales revenue then now would be a great time for us if you wanted to buy it or even gift it to someone that you love sharing music with.

You can find it at the link here – themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/album/the-magpie-arc-anthology

And you can find our special offer bundle CD and Vinyl packages at the link here – themagpiearc.com/shop/

We are hosting our own one day folk festival at Cecil Sharp House in London on the 3rd of February with a fantastic line-up and legendary folk/rock guests so if you fancy a day of folk, food, drink, facilities and a nice sit down then do come along. It will be happening come rain or come shine!

And we are also touring round the UK in February and may be coming to play somewhere near you so do come along if you can.

You can find the information and tickets links for the festival and all our tour dates at the link here – themagpiearc.com/live/

Thank you for your support everyone, as ever it is hugely appreciated!

TMA xx

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 the day will be the wonderful singer/songwriter and activist Tom Robinson, one of the UK’s most captivating folk duo’s Janice Burns and Jon Doran, the exquisite harmonies and musicianship of The Rosie Hood Band and as the centrepiece of the day a very special interview session hosted by BBC and Folk On Foot broadcaster Matthew Bannister where he will be talking to, taking questions for and extracting stories from the co-creators of the UK Folk/Rock genre the legendary producer/manager Joe Boyd and producer/engineer John Wood who worked from the very beginning with Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Richard and Linda Thompson, Fotheringay, the Incredible String Band and loads more.
 
For many of us Joe and John are the men behind the bands and solo artists whose music has accompanied us throughout our lives and this will be a very rare (we think actually the first) opportunity to hear them talk together about the who, what, where and why of 60’s and 70’s British Folk/Rock.
 
There is also one other top class act still to be announced which will be added in the coming days.
 
All-day tickets are available to buy right now so click here for the information/ticket link – https://themagpiearc.com/live/
 
Please note that tickets will be limited in number so be very quick to get yours and ensure that you don’t miss out!
 
We look forward to seeing you there.

TMA xx