Martin Simpson

Martin Stewart Simpson (born 5 May 1953) is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. His music reflects a wide variety of influences and styles, rooted in Britain, Ireland, America and beyond. He builds a purposeful, often upbeat voice on a spare picking style.
According to his discography, Simpson has appeared solo (21 albums), as a session musician (16 albums), in collaboration (9 albums), in compilations, live, and on performance and instructional DVDs (7). He has also published a book. Between 2002 and 2010, he was awarded multiple honours among the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
==Links to Peel==
Peel had Martin Simpson do a session for his show in 1977 and played a few tracks from him on his shows between the 70's and 80's. Peel's colleague and friend, Andy Kershaw, had Martin do several sessions for his shows as well as airplay of his records.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1977-07-06. First Broadcast: 15 July 1977. Repeated: 16 August 1977
*Soldier's Joy/Did You Ever See A Devil Uncle Joe?/Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / You Win Again / Green Fields Of America / The Wild Bill Jones Medley/Georgia Railroad/Cluck Old Hen / Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
==Other Shows Played==
;1980
*20 March 1980 (& June Tabor): Strange Affair (LP - A Cut Above) Topic
*24 March 1980 (& June Tabor): 'Le Roi Renaud (LP-A Cut Above)' (Topic)
;1986
*14 April 1986: Nobody's Fault But Mine (LP - Nobody's Fault But Mine) Dambuster
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists