Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson (born 5 May 1953, Scunthorpe, England) is a British folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is regarded by many as one of the most skilled folk guitarists currently playing on the British and American folk scene.

He has been nominated 23 times in the 11 years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, including nine times consecutively as Artist of The Year, which he has won twice. His album Prodigal Son was named album of the year in 2008 and one of the songs from that album, Never Any Good was named best original song of the year.

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