Martin Simpson
Monday 9th November 2009
Venue: The Junction 2
Category: Gigs & Live Music
Price Info: £15 adv
Time Info: 8pm (Doors 7pm)
The Junction & Green Mind event
In association with The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival
Twice-winner Musician Of The Year BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and nominated for Musician of the Year 2009
In the last two years, Martin Simpson has been busier, more successful and more visible than ever before in his 37 year career, a veritable overnight sensation at the age of 56.Televised appearances at the Albert Hall at the first ever Folk Prom, and on Later with Jools, and radio appearances with Aled Jones, Mike Harding and Simon Mayo amongst others, garnered extraordinarily good reactions.
Numerous festival appearances and a series of almost completely sold out UK tours continued to raise his profile. His 2007 release, "Prodigal Son" was nominated for 5 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and won Album of the Year, and Best Original song for the deeply moving "Never Any Good". At the end of 2008, Simpson returned to the States for the first time in 5 years for a triumphant series of gigs. Having lived and worked in the US for 14 years he is regarded there as a guitar legend, and an enormously influential musician.
"Distinctive coiled-spring beauty and power. A revelation... Exquisitely at one with the All-English repertoire... A master " Mojo
Under 14's must be accompanied by an adult.
Box Office 01223 511 511
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