Martin Simpson (born 1953)
English singer of blues, traditional and contemporary songs. Also noted as
accomplished guitarist to accompany June Tabor's singing.
(Martin Simpson has also recorded with June Tabor and The Albion Band)
(Martin moved to America in 1986)
(Jessica Radcliffe is the same person as Jessica Ruby Simpson)
Albums.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Golden Vanity | 1976 |
Trailer | LER 2099
|
| Special Agent | 1981 |
Waterfront | WF 008
|
| Grinning In Your Face | 1983 |
Topic | 12TS 430 |
|
[Reissue] | ? |
Fledg'ling | FLED3021 |
| Sad or High Kicking | 1985 |
Topic | 12TS 438 |
|
[Reissue] | ? |
Fledg'ling | FLED3022 |
| Leaves of Life | 1990 |
Shanachie | 97008
|
| When I Was On Horseback | 1992 |
Shanachie | 97016
|
| A Closer Walk With Thee | 1993 |
Gourd |
|
| Red Roses | 1995 |
Rhiannon Records | RHYD5001 |
| Smoke and Mirrors (blues) |
1995 | Rhiannon Records |
RHYD5011 |
| Cool and Unusual (instr) | 1997 |
Red House Records |
|
| Bootleg USA | 1999 | |
|
| The Bramble Briar | 2001 |
Topic | TSCD513 |
| Righteousness and Humidity | 2003 |
Topic | TSCD540 |
|
[Reissue] | ? |
Red House Records | |
| Kind Letters | 2005 |
Topic | TSCD553 |
| Prodigal Son | 2007 |
Topic | TSCD567 |
|
[Reissue] | 2008 |
Compass | 4466 |
|
[Reissue] (vinyl) | 2009 |
Three Black Feathers | |
|
True Stories | 2009 |
Topic | TSCD5008 |
Live Albums.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| Number.
|
| Live (recorded 1994, Oxford) | 1997 |
Red House Records | |
| 61 Highway | 1999 |
? | |
| Bootleg USA | 2009 |
Simpsonian | |
Collaborations - Martin and Jessica Ruby Simpson.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Truth Dare or Promise | 1987 | |
|
| Band Of Angels | 1996 |
Red House |
|
Collaborations - Jessica Radcliffe, Lisa Ekstrom and Martin Simpson.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Beautiful Darkness: Creating the Winter Solstice | 2001 |
High Bohemia Records | 002
|
Collaborations - Martin Simpson and Wu Man.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Music for the Motherless Child |
1996 | |
|
Collaborations - Martin Simpson, David Hidalgo and Viji Krishnan.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Kambara Music in Native Tongues |
1998 | |
|
Collaborations - Eliza Gilkyson, Guy Davis, Rosalie Sorrels, Ramblin' Jack
Elliot, Martin Simpson et al.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| A Nod To Bob - An Artists Tribute to Bob Dylan On
His Sixtieth Birthday | 2001 |
Red House Records |
|
Compilations.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| The Collection | 1994 |
Shanachie | 79089
|
| The Definitive Collection | 2004 |
Highpoint |
|
Best Albums(*).
| Title.
| year.
|
| The Bramble Briar | 2001 |
| Kind Letters | 2005 |
| The Definitive Collection | 2004 |
| Prodigal Son | 2007 |
(*)Based on critical opinion.
Popular downloads.
| Title. |
|---|
| Boots of Spanish Leather |
|
Never Any Good |
| The First Cut is
The Deepest |
| Louisiana 1927 |
|
Batchelor's Hall |
| Mother Love |
|
Living in the Country |
Anthology - Davey Graham, Martin Simpson, Richard Royal Baker (*), John
Renbourn and Stefan Grossman.
| Title. | year. | Label. | Number.
|
|---|
| Music of Ireland: Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and Marches
| 1979 | |
|
| [Reissued as "Music of Ireland Airs Jigs Reels Hornpipes and Marches"] |
2005 | Shanachie |
97004 |
(* Richard Royal Baker is Duck Baker)
Anthology - Rubber Folk: a Folk Tribute to the Beatles.
| Album title.
| year
| Label.
| Number.
|
| Rubber Folk: a Folk Tribute to the Beatles (*)
| 2006
| Keltia Musique-
| KMCD63
|
(* One track only - "I'm Looking through You")
Anthology - Altan, Kate Rusby, Beth Orton, Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy,
Joan Baez et al.
| Album title.
| year
| Label.
| Number.
|
| Cool as Folk: Cambridge Folk Festival (live) | 2007
| ? | ? |
Various artists - Tribute album: Christine Collister, Martin Simpson, The
Fraser Sisters, Tom Robinson, Sally Barker, The House Band, Ron Kavana, Victoria
Williams et al.
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| The World is a Wonderful Place - Songs of Richard
Thompson
| 1993
| Hokey Pokey |
HPR 2003.2 |
| [Reissued] |
1993 | Green Linnet | GLCD
3086 |
Anthologies.
| Album title.
| year
| Label.
| Number.
|
| Where Have All the Flowers Gone: the Songs of Pete Seeger
| 1998
| Appleseed
| 1024 |
| A Nod to Bob (Dylan Tribute) |
2001 | | |
| Seeds: the Songs of Pete Seeger Vol 3 |
2003 | | |
| A Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues |
2005 | | |
Martin Simpson as session musician.
| Title. | year. |
|---|
| June Tabor: Ashes And Diamonds | 1977 |
| June Tabor: A Cut Above | 1980 |
| June Tabor: Abyssinians | 1983 |
| Albion: Lark Rise To Candleford | 1980 |
| Chris Leslie: The Flow | 1997 |
| Julie Murphy: Black Mountain Revisited | 1999 |
| Chris Leslie: The Flow | 2002 |
| June Tabor: An Echo of Hooves | 2003 |
| June Tabor: At The Wood's Heart | 2005 |
| Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Strand of Gold | 2006 |
DVDs.
| Title | year. | Label.
|
|---|
| Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals - Martin Simpson Vol 1 | 1993 |
|
| Ramble to Cashel - Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Vol 1 (*) |
2003 | |
| Instrumentals 2 | 2005 |
|
| Martins 4 (**) | 2005 |
|
| In Concert at the Freight and Salvage (Berkeley,
California) | 2005 |
|
| The Prodigal Son - In Concert |
2009 | |
(*) Pierre Bensusan, Martin Simpson and Duck Baker.
(**) Martin Carthy, Martin Simpson, Martin Taylor and Juan Martin.
Book: "Cool and Unusual: Creative Fingerstyle Guitar Solos" (2000).
Websites
www.martinsimpson.com/biography/?PHPSESSID=a01a43afccaad807eed1f224a800c456 Biography
Last updated on 22/09/2010