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Tag Archives: Martin Simpson
Album review: MARTIN SIMPSON – Home Recordings
Topic Records [Release date 13.11.20] Martin Simpson’s next album was going to be a live one but the first lockdown put paid to all that. Unable to play to audiences (he can average over 100 gigs a year) or go … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Dylan, folk, guitarist, Home Recordings, Martin Simpson, review, singer songwriter, Topic Records
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Quick plays: MARTIN SIMPSON, RIVERDOGS, HIRSH GARDNER
MARTIN SIMPSON Trails & Tribulations Topic Records [Release date 01.09.17] Trails & Tribulations’ is Martin Simpson’s twentieth album in a career spanning over 40 years. As he says the album “is a collection of songs about nature, about travels and … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, AOR, California, Def Leppard, Dio, Escape Music, folk, Frontiers, Hirsh Gardner, Martin Simpson, melodic rock, New England, Quick Play, reviews, Riverdogs, rock, songwriter, Vivian Campbell
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Album review: CHRIS WHILE AND JULIE MATTHEWS – Infinite Sky
Fat Cat Records [Release date 04.02.13] Chris While and Julie Matthews have been a musical partnership for 20 years, both as members of The Albion Band and as a multi instrumental duo. Julie has made her name as an award … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Cutting, Brian Hargreaves, Chris While, Christchurch, country rock, Eddie Reader, Fairport Convention, folk, Gretel Bergmann, Infinite Sky, Julie Matthews, Kellie While, Martin Simpson, New Zealand, roots, South America, The Albion Band, vocals
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