![Martin Simpson - Dives and Lazarus [Official Audio] @MartinSimpsonOfficial](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gQVzuwNa1nU/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Dives and Lazarus by Martin Simpson from 'The Bramble Briar' released in 2001 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/BrambleBriar
Dives and Lazarus by Martin Simpson from 'The Bramble Briar' released in 2001 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/BrambleBriar
![Martin Simpson - Dives and Lazarus [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gQVzuwNa1nU/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - Dives and Lazarus [Official Audio]
Dives and Lazarus by Martin Simpson from The Bramble Briar released in 2001 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/BrambleBriar")
![Martin Simpson - Horn Island [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gybcEYjsBO4/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - Horn Island [Official Audio]
Horn Island by Martin Simpson from Righteousness & Humidity released in 2003 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/Righteousness")
![Martin Simpson - Barbry Allen [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hiwhIBujoCc/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - Barbry Allen [Official Audio]
Barbry Allen by Martin Simpson from Purpose + Grace released in 2011 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/PurposeGrace")
![Martin Simpson - An Englishman Abroad [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/idSD09ekWXo/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - An Englishman Abroad [Official Audio]
An Englishman Abroad by Martin Simpson from True Stories released in 2009 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/TrueStoriesMS")
![Martin Simpson - Delta Dreams [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ijjJ_UJLTBs/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - Delta Dreams [Official Audio]
Delta Dreams by Martin Simpson from Vagrant Stanzas released in 2013 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/VagrantStanzas")
![Martin Simpson - Skydancers [official video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/imYYfE3lMkg/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - Skydancers [official video]
Skydancers is taken from the new Martin Simpson album of the same name, which is available now: https://martinsimpson.lnk.to/skydancers
Thanks to Ballet Folk (https://www.balletfolk.com/), Studio Bokehgo (https://www.bokehgo.com/) and everyone involved in the making of this video.
►Dancer / Choreographer: Anna Smith
►Movement / Creative Director: Deborah Ward
►Costume Design / Creation: Gillian Norris
In the Summer of 2023 Matthew Bannister of Folk on Foot set off on The Big Walk to continue his fundraising for musicians. Coincidentally one of the musical events on the route was at The Forresters, Ascot, 100 yards from the director of Ballet Folks home. Martin Simpson was going to be playing and so director Deborah Norris and dancer Anna Smith suggested a pop-up performance and Martin was kind enough to agree and for Anna to dance to his song Skydancers. To a room full of unsuspecting people Anna joined Martin and improvised a short sketch to the song, which was so beautiful that Martin invited Anna to perform with him at Folk East, where Ballet Folk was performing their work The Tears of Jenny Greenteeth.
After this performance Martin and Deborah spoke of creating a film for the release of the song and this project came to fruition.
Taking to the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors, at Pennistone Hill, Haworth, Anna, Deborah and filmmaker John Slemensek-Thorne of Studio Bokego the creative team crafted a narrative inspired by the lyrics and beautiful phrasing of Martins song.
As we mourn the illegal persecution/destruction of the Hen-Harriers and other birds of prey, for the sport of grouse-hunting, the film depicts the grey skyline, the purple heather, and the burning of the moors.
A lone woman searches the skies for the birds, feeling the stone and earth, her movements depict the flight of the birds, the small articulate hand gestures picking at the lines in the movement, and the tension found in the loss of these beautiful native birds from the English landscape.
The costume, inspired by those worn by the Bronte sisters, as they walked the moors, a simple tweed brown colour, to depict the camouflage of the female hen-harrier in comparison to that of the male birds blue-grey plumage, which contrasts the light grey sky on a spring day.
The film is remiss of a single bird on the skyline and what a lesser skyline it is for it.
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![Martin Simpson - Delia [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jA_zCJlKkzE/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - Delia [Official Audio]
Delia by Martin Simpson from Bootleg USA released in 1999 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/BootlegUSA")
![Martin Simpson - Rounding the Horn [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jzrH4gFM7hY/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - Rounding the Horn [Official Audio]
Rounding the Horn by Martin Simpson from The Bramble Briar released in 2001 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/BrambleBriar")
![Martin Simpson - The Princess Royal [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k0UMBASDo1Y/mqdefault.jpg "Martin Simpson - The Princess Royal [Official Audio]
The Princess Royal by Martin Simpson from The Bramble Briar released in 2001 on Topic Records. Available to buy, stream and download here: https://smarturl.it/BrambleBriar")
