Mother Love by Martin Simp(prodigal)son

Aquesta entrada està dedicada principalment a una lectora d´Orphans que va prendre la valentíssima decisió de ser mare sense parella.

I el destí va voler que disfrutés d´una filla maravellosa...

DIA DE LA MARE

Martin Simpson va dedicar al seu prodigiós Prodigal Son una cançó al seu pare (com varem escoltar el passat 19 de març al bloc: feis clic AQUÍ) i també una a la seva mare: l´instrumental "Mother Love" 

text explicatori de Martin Simpson al llibret del disc Prodigal Son: 

I have told my workshop students on many occasions that the best way to keep your playing fresh is to always try and play something new, whenever you pick up the instrument. 
I wrote Mother Love just sitting in the diner room and playing the atmosphere...Kit (la dona de Martin) told me, with tears in her eyes, that I was playing what she was feeling as she looked at Molly (la filla de Kit i Martin) in her arms

Vos deix amb cites de la premsa especialitzada sobre l´imprescindible àlbum Prodigal Son (com veis, un molt bon regal tan pel dia de la mare...com pel dia  del pare):

• “A modern masterpiece. This remarkable collection of fifteen songs and tunes which, by any measure, is the best album that Martin Simpson has recorded to date – he has produced a near-flawless folk masterpiece.” Sydney Morning Herald
• “Prodigal Son is a triumph” Verity Sharp, BBC Radio 3 Late Junction
• “The [album] has range, a relaxed mastery and emotional depth – this is roots music at its richest.
” ★★★★★ The List
• “A quiet masterpiece. There are classic English ballads, excursions into Americana and a clutch of open-hearted originals- resulting in an album of easy elegance.” ★★★★ Observer Music Monthly