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The remarkable intimate solo performances Martin gives go from strength to strength ? every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his playing.

?What?s it like being the best guitar player in the world??? Martin?s modesty and grace prevented him from answering this BBC Radio 4 interviewer?s question recently, but the facts speak for themselves. 40 years after he recorded his first album, Golden Vanity, in 1976, Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions, he is consistently named as one of the very finest fingerstyle and slide guitar players in the world, and he is a fine banjo-picker to boot.

Whether interpreting material from tradition sources or singing his own potent self-penned songs, Martin is a remarkable storyteller: captivating and profoundly moving. His own song-writing produced the poignant ?Never Any Good?, from Prodigal Son, 2007?s Folk Album of the Year. He has had the most nominations of any performer in the 18 years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, an astonishing 32 times, 13 of those as Musician of the Year, winning that particular accolade twice.

A virtuoso player without question, but above all Martin Simpson conveys his diverse treasure trove of material from the heart, performing with rare subtlety, intensity and honesty. A true master of his art.

**Social distancing measures at the event will meet government guidelines**

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High Street,

Bromley,

Greater London,

England,

TN14 5PQ.