Martin Taylor & Martin Simpson

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Martin Taylor & Martin Simpson

Award winning Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor teams up with acoustic and slide guitar virtuoso Martin Simpson. The pair shares the stage throughout the performance – adding to each other’s songs and instrumental pieces, taking them to sublime new heights.

Martin Taylor was name-checked on BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show as being considered the best guitarist, by no less than Jeff Beck. Completely self-taught, he has enjoyed a remarkable musical career spanning across four decades and during that time has invented and developed a way of playing the guitar that is admired, and often imitated, by guitarists all over the world. As well as being a true guitar innovator, he is also a master concert performer, dazzling audiences with his solo shows, which combine virtuosity, emotion and humour, with a strong stage presence. In 2002, Martin was appointed MBE ‘For Services To Jazz Music’, in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

After 35 years as a professional musician Martin Simpson is better than ever. Widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, his interpretations of traditional songs are masterpieces of storytelling. Whether playing American old-time music, blues, a Dylan song or his own material, Martin Simpson is unpredictable, individual and a guitarist of immense subtlety. Martin has been nominated an astounding 23 times in the 11 years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - more than any other performer - with 9 consecutive years as nominee for Musician of The Year, which he has won twice.

This is an unmissable evening with two guitar playing legends working in harmony.

Martin Simpson’s performances elicit powerful emotions and subtle, understated beauty
Guitar Player

Martin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument. He’s unbelievable.
Pat Metheny

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