BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Nominee 2018: Musician Of The Year. World renowned guitarist, singer and songwriter Martin Simpson releases his 20th solo album in 40 years 'Trails & Tribulations' on September 1st 2017 via Topic Records. Produced and engineered by Andy Bell, 'Trails & Tribulations' features some of Martin's most inventive playing yet, showcasing his virtuosity on a variety of instruments including acoustic guitars, resonator guitars, Weissenbown lap steel guitar, electric guitars, 5 string banjo, ukulele – and voice. Guest musicians on the new album are: Ben Nicholls (string bass and electric bass guitars), Toby Kearney (drums and percussion), Nancy Kerr (fiddle and viola), Andy Cutting (diatonic accordion and melodeon), John Smith (electric guitar and backing vocals), Helen Bell (strings), Amy Newhouse-Smith (backing vocals) and, for the first time on record, his daughter Molly Simpson on vocals. Hand in hand with his long and storied solo career, Martin has been central to seminal collaborations like The Full English, The Elizabethan Sessions and Simpson Cutting Kerr. He has worked with a dazzling array of artists from across the musical spectrum: Jackson Browne, Martin Taylor, June Tabor, Richard Hawley, Bonnie Raitt, Danny Thompson, David Hidalgo, Danú, Richard Thompson and Dom Flemons, to mention a few. He is consistently named as one of the very finest acoustic, fingerstyle and slide guitar players in the world and is the most nominated musician in the history of the BBC Folk Awards, with a remarkable 31 nods. A true master of his art. Deluxe Edition includes a 6 track bonus disc and 20 page booklet including artwork not found in the standard version. CD 11. Blues Run The Game2. Bones And Feathers3. Thomas Drew4. East Kentucky5. Katherine Of Aragon Interlude6. A Ballad For Katherine Of Aragon7. Maps8. St. James Hospital9. Jasper's/Dancing Shoes10. Ridgeway11. Rufford Park Poachers12. Reynardine Interlude13. Reynardine CD 214. Joshua Gone Barbados15. Dillard Chandler16. Willy O Winsbury17. Heartbreak Hotel18. Blues Run The Game Interlude19. Blues Run The Game (Radio Edit)
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