Simpson, Martin / True Stories
| Album: | True Stories | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Simpson, Martin | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | Compass Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-03-21 | Pull Date: | 2010-05-23 |
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| Week Ending: | May 23 | Apr 18 | Apr 11 | Mar 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 16, 2010: | Sunny Side Up
One Day |
3. | Apr 04, 2010: | Sunny Side Up
One Day |
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| 2. | Apr 11, 2010: | Sunny Side Up
Look Up Look Down |
4. | Mar 23, 2010: | Ambient Annoyance
The Wind & The Rain |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2010-03-21
Reviewed 2010-03-21
British folksinger guitarist. North East England folk, Scots ballads. Really nice style and selection of material. Good notes on each song.
****1: 3:25 dreamy banjola, male vocal, rock drum kit, pedal steel
***2: 3:56 mid to faster male vocal accordion & hurdy gurdy drone
3: 4:21 real slow guitar picking instrumental
**4: 4:41 nice travel song, male vocal, pedal steel
***5: 5:25 mid to faster, male vocal, accordion & hurdy gurdy, nice fem vocal chorus. Last 2 min. instrumental.
6: 4:02 slow vocal with guitar picking
7: 4:01 slow vocal with very nice guitar picking
***8: 2:46 Instrumental, nice accordion, mid to faster
9: 6:54 slow guitar & vocal, pedal steel accordion
10: 4:05 slow to mid vocal, accordion & fiddle then sea shanty sound
11: 4:24 slow vocal then faster @ 1:30, nice pedal steel at end
12: 2:21 nice guitar picking instrumental
****13: 3:31 fast banjo picking cover of "Stagolee"
D Farrell 03/2010
****1: 3:25 dreamy banjola, male vocal, rock drum kit, pedal steel
***2: 3:56 mid to faster male vocal accordion & hurdy gurdy drone
3: 4:21 real slow guitar picking instrumental
**4: 4:41 nice travel song, male vocal, pedal steel
***5: 5:25 mid to faster, male vocal, accordion & hurdy gurdy, nice fem vocal chorus. Last 2 min. instrumental.
6: 4:02 slow vocal with guitar picking
7: 4:01 slow vocal with very nice guitar picking
***8: 2:46 Instrumental, nice accordion, mid to faster
9: 6:54 slow guitar & vocal, pedal steel accordion
10: 4:05 slow to mid vocal, accordion & fiddle then sea shanty sound
11: 4:24 slow vocal then faster @ 1:30, nice pedal steel at end
12: 2:21 nice guitar picking instrumental
****13: 3:31 fast banjo picking cover of "Stagolee"
D Farrell 03/2010
Track Listing
| 1. | Look Up Look Down | 7. | Will Atkinson | |||
| 2. | Sir Patrick Spens | 8. | Kielder Schottische | |||
| 3. | Greystones | 9. | Lord Thomas & Fair Ellender | |||
| 4. | Home Again | 10. | Done It Again | |||
| 5. | The Wind & The Rain | 11. | An Englishman Abroad | |||
| 6. | One Day | 12. | Swooping Molly | |||
| 13. | Stagolee | |||||