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Trails & Tribulations (2LP)

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Remarkable new album from world-acclaimed, multi-Award winning guitarist/singer-songwriter, Martin Simpson. Featuring special guests, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr, John Smith, Ben Nicholls, Toby Kearney.

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. The brand-new studio album, his first new solo work since 2013’s widely praised ‘Vagrant Stanzas’, will be available in standard and deluxe CD, digital download and standard vinyl (the latter through Vinyl 180). ‘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. Highlights include a sublime rendition of tragic, cult US folk singer Jackson C. Frank’s ‘Blues Run The Game’ and the thrilling dirt road blues of ‘East Kentucky.’

There is no doubt that after 45 years as a professional musician Martin is, right now, better than ever. Widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, his interpretations of traditional songs are masterpieces of storytelling. His solo shows are intense, eclectic, spellbinding and deeply moving.

There is no-one who has more successfully combined the diverse elements of British, AfroAmerican and old-timey music than Simpson. His 15 years living in the US were well spent. His career includes collaborations on stage and record with Richard Hawley, Richard Thompson, June Tabor, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jackson Browne, Danny Thompson, Danú, Martin Carthy, Cara Dillon, David Lindley, Roy Bailey, Martin Taylor, David Hidalgo, Steve Miller, Dick Gaughan, Dom Flemons and many more.

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.

Whether playing American old-time music, blues, a Dylan song or his own material, Martin Simpson is unpredictable, individual and a guitarist of immense subtlety.

Track Listing:

Side A:
  1. Blues Run The Game
  2. Bones & Feathers
  3. Thomas Drew
  4. East Kentucky
  5. Katherine of Aragaon Interlude
  6. Katherine of Aragon
  7. Maps
  8. St. James
  9. Hospital
  10. Jasper’s / Dancing Shoes
  11. Ridgeway
  12. Rufford Park Poachers
  13. Reynardine Interlude
  14. Reynardine
Release date NZ
September 1st, 2017
Label
Weatherbox
Number of Discs
2
Box Dimensions (mm)
315x315x3
UPC
5038622137717
Product ID
26883124

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