Martin Simpson Confirms New Album 'Trails & Tribulations'
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Written by Jennifer Geddes
Martin Simpson will release a new album this autumn.
'Trails & Tribulations' is the singer-songwriter and guitarist's 20th solo album and follows his 2013 release ‘Vagrant Stanzas’. The record is set to be released on September 1 via Topic.
The album was produced by Andy Bell and features his daughter, Molly. Simpson said of 'Trails & Tribulations':
‘Trails & Tribulations’ is a collection of songs about nature, about travels and about real life stories.
There are traditional songs, poems and contemporary songs by great writers, and songs that I had to write because nobody else knew what I wanted to say.
I travel, I learn songs, I write and try to get better at the skills required for me to do my job. I look at the world as I pass by, on the road, out of the train window, or as I stop and pay close attention to the square foot under my nose. There is so much to see and to hear and to inspire and to try and understand.
I had a huge amount of fun playing and recording these songs, using different instruments, different noises, old friends and new ones, all of whom brought so much to the mix.'
You can listen to a new track, Blues Run The Game, below.
'Trails & Tribulations':
1. Blues Run The Game
2. Bones & Feathers
3. Thomas Drew
4. East Kentucky
5. Katherine Of Aragon Interlude
6. A Ballad For Katherine Of Aragon
7. Maps
8. St. James Hospital
9. Jasper’s/Dancing Shoes
10. Ridgeway
11. Rufford Park Poachers
12. Reynardine Interlude
13. Reynardine
Martin Simpson Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Thu May 11 2017 - BATH Chapel Arts Centre
Sat May 13 2017 - SOUTH PETHERTON David Hall
Mon May 15 2017 - CHESHAM Chesham Folk Club
Fri June 09 2017 - CARLISLE Old Fire Station
Sat June 10 2017 - KIRKCALDY Tae Sup Wi' A Fifer
Sun June 11 2017 - MILNGAVIE Milngavie Folk Club
Sun June 25 2017 - MAIDENHEAD Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Mon June 26 2017 - CROYDON Croydon Folk Club
Wed June 28 2017 - FAVERSHAM Limes
Sun September 10 2017 - CANTERBURY Gulbenkian Theatre
Fri September 15 2017 - AYLESBURY Limelight Theatre
Sat September 16 2017 - CALSTOCK Calstock Hall
Sun September 17 2017 - FALMOUTH Tolmen Centre
Tue September 19 2017 - CARDIFF St Davids Hall
Wed September 20 2017 - HAVERDFORDWEST Druidstone
Thu September 28 2017 - MANCHESTER Stoller Hall
Fri September 29 2017 - LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall
Sun October 08 2017 - SCUNTHORPE Plowright Theatre
Tue October 17 2017 - EXETER Phonix
Wed October 18 2017 - BRISTOL Lantern Hall
Fri October 20 2017 - NEWBURY Arlington Arts Centre
Sat October 21 2017 - LONDON Kings Place
Sun October 22 2017 - HITCHIN Hitchin Folk Club
Mon October 23 2017 - COLCHESTER Colchester Folk Club
Tue October 24 2017 - WAVENDON Stables Theatre
Wed November 01 2017 - GATESHEAD Sage
Thu November 02 2017 - KENDAL Brewery Arts Centre
Fri November 03 2017 - MONIAIVE Craigdarroch Arms Hotel
Sat November 04 2017 - STIRLING Tolbooth Stirling
Sun November 05 2017 - EDINBURGH Traverse Theatre
Mon November 06 2017 - YORK National Centre For Early Music
Thu November 09 2017 - CAMBRIDGE St. Phillips Church
Fri November 10 2017 - SHERINGHAM Music At The Mo
Sun November 12 2017 - SHIPLEY Live Room@Caroline Social Club
Wed November 15 2017 - ABERGAVENNY Abergavenny Borough Theatre
Tue November 28 2017 - JERSEY Jersey Arts Centre
Sat December 02 2017 - MALVERN Ale House
Sun December 03 2017 - BISHOPS CLEEVE Tithe Barn
Thu December 07 2017 - NEW MILTON Forest Arts Centre
Fri December 08 2017 - FAREHAM Ashcroft Arts Centre
Sat December 09 2017 - MAIDSTONE Bower House
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