Bonus episode: Martin Simpson at BBC Countryfile Live

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Bonus episode: Martin Simpson at BBC Countryfile Live

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46 minutes

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Aug 29, 2019

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Martin Simpson performs some of the songs from his new album “Rooted” and talks to Matthew Bannister on the Big Barn stage at the BBC Countryfile Live event in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.

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Aug 29, 2019

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“Modest people, playing gorgeous music, speaking articulately about areas they love. Fabulously calming” – one listener’s description of this multi-award-winning podcast in which Matthew Bannister goes walking with top folk musicians in the landscapes that have inspired them. “A restorative breathing space in sound” – The Telegraph. “Immaculately produced” – The Times

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Martin Simpson in Scunthorpe: Regularly voted one of the world’s greatest guitarists, Martin Simpson has been nominated for an astonishing 23 Radio 2 Folk Awards – and won artist of the year twice. He was brought up in the North Lincolnshire steel town of Scunthorpe and takes Mat... by Folk on Foot
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Kerry Andrew/You Are Wolf at the Brockwell Lido: Kerry Andrew has been described by Robert Macfarlane as “a writer and musician of frankly alarming talent”. She is a composer, novelist and vocalist who performs alt folk under the name You Are Wolf. In this episode she takes Matthew for a walk from ... by Folk on Foot
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Bonus episode: Martin Simpson at BBC Countryfile Live

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