The Magpie Arc is a cross-border band out of Sheffield, Arran and Edinburgh and features the multi-award-winning talents of Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Tom Wright, Alex Hunter and UK folk legend Martin Simpson (on the electric guitar…..Judas!).

Formed from the idea of bringing together a group of established folk musicians who would mix their song-writing styles and musicianship in a full-on electric band to create exciting new music and update the classic 60’s and 70’s British folk/rock sound, the possibilities of The Magpie Arc being something special and unique on today’s folk scene became obvious very quickly.

With three strong writers the focus is naturally on new material, however they also tackle some great cover songs plus their own re-workings of traditional songs. There’s folk, rock, a bit of country, some more rock and even some prog-rock elements, but whatever the genre the band are their own musical mix of everything you could expect from such a line-up, with excellent songs, lush harmonies, scything electric guitars, gorgeous fiddle lines and rock solid bass and drums.