Acclaimed guitarist, singer-songwriter and storyteller, Martin Simpson, releases the single ‘The Recruited Collier‘, the first glimpse of his upcoming album ‘Some Kind Of Jubilee‘. The track will be released on May 8th on the legendary Topic Records label.
The Recruited Collier is a traditional folk song, sourced from a version recorded by Anne Briggs. It is unusual in that it has been very rarely collected. The song is the lament of a young woman whose true love has been press ganged into the British Army.
Regarding the album, Some Kind Of Jubilee, Martin states:
Some Kind Of Jubilee represents a 50 year recording career, but 60 years and more of a life in music. From listening to Paul Robeson at four years of age, to growing up and playing in the ’60’s folk boom, through becoming a professional in the early 70’s, and subsequent decades of playing, learning, and working, are all reflected here. This is not looking back, but carrying forward the accumulated skills of a lifetime”.
One of England’s most revered folk performers, widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, Martin’s interpretations of traditional songs are masterpieces of storytelling. His remarkable solo shows are intense, eclectic, spellbinding and deeply moving. Always prolific, and never one to rest long without a guitar in his hands and a song in his head, Martin Simpson continues to travel the length and breadth of the UK and beyond giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his remarkable intimate solo performances. Martin has been nominated an astounding 32 times in the 18 years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – more than any other performer – and has won numerous awards.
