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Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson is a person from the UK, active since 1953.

Person GB since 1953 folk english
TOTAL PLAYS
44
SONGS PLAYED
29
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2008-02-19 08:00 · 6 Music — "Never Any Good"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "The Hand of Kindness (Adrian's Song) (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026
7 5 4 2 0
'08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 36 82%
6 Music 8 18%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Never Any Good 4 2024-08-03
2 Blues Run the Game 4 2021-03-10
3 Skydancers 3 2026-05-25
4 The Hand of Kindness (Adrian's Song) (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) 2 2026-08-09
5 Ridgeway 2 2025-04-23
6 New Harmony (Radio 2 Session, 10 April 2024) 2 2024-04-10
7 Jackie and Murphy 2 2020-08-09
8 In the Pines 2 2020-08-09
9 East Kentucky 2 2017-10-09
10 Sammy's Bar 2 2015-04-05
11 The Recruited Collier 1 2026-05-06
12 Skydancers (Radio 2 Session, 10 April 2024) 1 2024-04-10
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-09 02:31 The Hand of Kindness (Adrian's Song) (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) Radio 2
2026-07-15 20:22 The Hand of Kindness (Adrian's Song) (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) Radio 2
2026-05-25 01:44 Skydancers 6 Music
2026-05-24 14:51 Skydancers 6 Music
2026-05-06 20:16 The Recruited Collier Radio 2
2025-04-23 20:40 Ridgeway Radio 2
2024-08-03 07:48 Never Any Good 6 Music
2024-04-10 20:45 New Harmony (Radio 2 Session, 10 April 2024) Radio 2
2024-04-10 20:33 Skydancers (Radio 2 Session, 10 April 2024) Radio 2
2024-04-10 20:13 New Harmony (Radio 2 Session, 10 April 2024) Radio 2
2024-02-28 21:40 Skydancers Radio 2
2023-05-24 20:16 Highway '61 Revisited Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

29 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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Blues Run the Game — 4 ▶
Blues Run The Game (Live Session Version) — 1 ▶
Bones and Feathers — 1 ▶
Born Human — 1 ▶
Dark Swift & Bright Swallow (Front Room Festival 2020) — 1 ▶
Diamond Joe — 1 ▶
Dillard Chandler — 1 ▶
East Kentucky — 2 ▶
Highway '61 Revisited — 1 ▶
In the Pines — 2 ▶
Jackie and Murphy — 2 ▶
Lakes of Ponchartrain — 1 ▶
Maps — 1 ▶
Never Any Good — 4 ▶
New Harmony (Radio 2 Session, 10 April 2024) — 2 ▶
No Depression In Heaven — 1 ▶
October Song — 1 ▶
One Day — 1 ▶
Palms Of Victory — 1 ▶
Ridgeway — 2 ▶
Sammy's Bar — 2 ▶
Skydancers — 3 ▶
Skydancers (Radio 2 Session, 10 April 2024) — 1 ▶
The Coo Coo Bird — 1 ▶
The Hand of Kindness (Adrian's Song) (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) — 2 ▶
The Keel Row — 1 ▶
The Recruited Collier — 1 ▶
The Sheffield Apprentice — 1 ▶
Trouble (Live) — 1 ▶