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Trails & Tribulations

Martin Simpson

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Format: CD

Cat No: TSCD593

Release Date:  01 September 2017

Label:  Topic

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  714822005937

Genres:  Folk  Americana  

Release Date:  01 September 2017

Label:  Topic

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  714822055932

Genres:  Folk  Americana  

Release Date:  01 September 2017

Label:  Weatherbox

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5038622137717

Genres:  Folk  Americana  

  • Description

    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.


    Description

    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.

    Description

    Pressed on two 180g vinyl discs this prestigious vinyl recording come in heavyweight inner bags and a gatefold sleeve.



    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' 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. Martin Simpson, April 2017.



    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 his daughter Molly Simpson on vocals.



    Martin will tour extensively this year, including a headline set at Cambridge Folk Festival in the summer and London's Kings Place in autumn, following the release of 'Trails & Tribulations'.
    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.



  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Blues Run The Game
      • 2. Bones And 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

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Blues Run The Game
      • 2. Bones And 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

      Disc 2

      • 14. Joshua Gone Barbados
      • 15. Dillard Chandler
      • 16. Willy O Winsbury
      • 17. Heartbreak Hotel
      • 18. Blues Run The Game Interlude
      • 19. Blues Run The Game (Radio Edit)

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. BLUES RUN THE GAME
      • 2. BONES AND FEATHERS
      • 3. THOMAS CREW

      Side 2

      • 1. EAST KENNEDY
      • 2. KATHERINE OF ARAGON INTERLUDE
      • 3. KATHERINE OF ARAGON
      • 4. MAPS

      Disc 2

      Side 1

      • 1. ST JAMES SOLO
      • 2. JASPERS
      • 3. RIDGEWAY

      Side 2

      • 1. RUFFORD PARK
      • 2. REYNADINE INTERLUDE
      • 3. REYNADINE