On July 13, 1942 Christopher John Simpson was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England Chris grew up in the Yorkshire Dales, in a 16th century stone house lit by candles where, in the words of his song Wild Horses: “No… Read More »Happy 84th birthday wishes to Chris Simpson
Mike Barnes wrote “I have 3/4 photos from circa 1998 when MC did the concert in the bar of a Theatre because not enough tickets had been sold for the hall. Not sure but think it might have been in… Read More »PHOTOS FROM MIKE BARNES
On Friday September 23rd, 1994 MAGNA CARTA, Chris Simpson and Linda Taylor, celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a one-off concert at the sold out Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Diehard MC fan Lenie Dreef made the great photos below.… Read More »MAGNA CARTA’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT @ VREDENBURG, UTRECHT 23 September 1994
These 3 photos (date unknown). were made at De Harmonie in Leeuwarden (Fryslän/Friesland) by Johan Kok, the brother of singer-songwriter Piet Kok, a.k.a. Pete Cox, who opened for Magna Carta in the north of the country. Do you know the real date? Please share this by… Read More »MAGNA CARTA AT DE HARMONIE IN LEEUWARDEN 1977 OR 1978?
These photos were made and printed by the late Jan Noordhuizen and kindly provided by his partner Marijke Bossers The date is October 1, 1978 (afternoon concert) at De Botte Hommel in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands [Photos edited by André Lefebvre] Line-up:… Read More »MAGNA CARTA at De Botte Hommel in Bergen op Zoom in 1978
Magna Carta fan Gianfranco Rosati from Italy sent us lots of his archive material he had collected over the years, since 1969 (!). Gianfranco collected concert tickets, press clippings, programme books, flyers, posters, adverts, photos etc. We are very grateful… Read More »ARCHIVE MATERIAL
Of course this website also supports Magna Carta-related artists… like Rory Hoy, the very successful producer and DJ and son of longtime Magna Carta singer, songwriter and guitarist Tom Hoy and his wife Gerry (a.k.a. Geraldine). Charlotte and Rory Rory… Read More »New RORY HOY single
Original Dutch version: https://www.bluesmagazine.nl/albumrecensie-doug-morter-mamas-boy-2026/ After more than forty years, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Doug Morter releases his second solo album. On Mama’s Boy, the former Magna Carta musician looks back on his rich musical past, featuring new recordings of his… Read More »Album Review: Doug Morter – Mama’s Boy [translated from Dutch Bluesmagazine.nl]
A few weeks ago, Chris was approached, via the website, by Maddie Wheeling, an art student who wanted permission to use Lord of the Ages as a soundtrack for an animation that she was doing. Below you can watch the… Read More »LORD OF THE AGES ANIMATION
The second solo record from Doug Morter, after a gap of 40 years, a collection of thoughts from “the invisible man of folk rock” as dubbed by Acoustic magazine. This description derives from the fact that you may not know… Read More »New Release: “ Mama’s Boy”, by Doug Morter