The Magpie Arc
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Biography
The Magpie Arc is a cross-border British folk-rock project formed in 2019, built around the songwriting partnership and mutual admiration between singer-fiddler Nancy Kerr and Scottish songwriter Adam Holmes, alongside bassist Alex Hunter and multi-instrumentalist/drummer/producer Tom A. Wright, with celebrated guitarist Martin Simpson completing the original electric line-up. The band introduced itself with a run of releases across 2020â2021 (including the EP trilogy EP1, EP2 and EP3), pairing new originals with sharply reworked traditional material and covers such as âLorettaâ and âWhat You Do With What Youâve Got,â and establishing Kerr (fiddle/vocals), Simpson (guitars/vocals), Holmes (beltar guitar/vocals), Hunter (bass) and Wright (drums plus guitars/keys) as its initial core. In 2022, Findlay Napier replaced Holmes as a front-line writer and vocalist/guitarist, and the groupâs live profile rose quickly through UK festival stages, including high-visibility appearances that fed into their first full-length statement, Glamour In The Grey (2022), which entered the UK Official Folk Chart at number 9 and maintained a long chart run. Through 2023 the band kept momentum with broadcast sessions and continued touring, while curating its own annual Indoor Festival of Folk at Londonâs Cecil Sharp House, positioning the project as both a gigging unit and a scene-facing hub. After completing its 2025 summer commitments, Simpson stepped down, with Sam Carter joining as a touring guitarist, and the band moved into its next chapter with Gil Brenton (2025) and the single âThe Mantle,â which featured guest appearances from Maddy Prior and Ian Anderson.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Loretta
- Roll Your Stone Away
- Greenswell
- It's Too Hard
- All I Planted
- Darling Charms
- Cinnabar
- I Should Have Walked
- Tough as Teddy Gardner
- Long Gone
- Pans of Biscuits
- Wassail
- Autumn Leaves
- Love Never Dies
- The Cutty Wren
- I Ain't Going Nowhere
- The Gay Goshawk
- Whenever I'm Alone
- Jack Frost
- Canon
- Don't Leave The Door Open
- What You Do with What You've Got
