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Thu. July 12th 2018 St. James Community Hall $15-$30

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Martin Simpson

There is no doubt that after almost 40 years as a professional musician Martin S...
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Thu. July 12th 2018 + Add to Calendar St. James Community Hall (All Ages)
8:00pm  Doors at: 7:00pm $15-$30

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Martin Simpson
from Sheffield United Kingdom

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The Rogue Folk Club
The Rogue Folk Club is a registered non-profit Society in th...
3214 West 10th Avenue Vancouver BC
Open / Operational

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Physical tickets at: Tapestry Music Ltd, Highlife Records

Event Description

There is no doubt that after almost 40 years as a professional musician Martin Simpson is, right now, better than ever. Widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, his interpretations of traditional songs are masterpieces of storytelling. His solo shows are intense, eclectic, spellbinding and deeply moving.

There is no-one who has more successfully combined the diverse elements of British, Afro-American and old-timey music than Simpson. His 15 years living in the US were well spent. In addition his own songwriting has produced some real gems, from the truck-stop epic, “Love Never Dies” to the profoundly moving “Never Any Good” and "One Day".

Martin has been nominated an astounding 26 times in the twelve years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - more than any other performer - with 9 consecutive years as nominee for Musician of The Year, which he has won twice. 2008 saw an incredible 5 nominations for "Prodigal Son' and 2 wins, while in 2010 he had an unprecedented 6 nominations for his CD, "True Stories" and a win for Best Traditional Track, "Sir Patrick Spens". 2012's nominations for Martin include, Best Album for 'Purpose & Grace", Best Traditional Track for "The Lakes Of Ponchartrain" and Best Musician.

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St. James Community Hall
3214 W. 10th Ave.
Capacity364
Open / Operational

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Martin Simpson @ St. James Community Hall Jul 12 2018 - Dec 6th @ St. James Community Hall

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