Maggie Simpson is an American singer-songwriter, acoustic guitarist and actress, from the

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of the United States. She studied in Boston University's Professional Theater Training Program. Her musical style varies from straightforward acoustic folk music to

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to bluegrass and blues and roots. She has released two studio albums to date, ''OK Cafe'' (1999) and ''Angel of Thunder'' (2004), as well as contributing individual tracks to a number of compilation CDs and offering backup support to a number of similar artists.

"The strength of her play is that, without cliché or histrionics, she brings to life extremely dark experiences with wit, humour and wisdom. A singer-songwriter with a voice that recalls both
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and Joan Baez, Simpson impresses as an actress too." - '' The Scotsman''

Simpson has backed-up many performers, including Doc Watson, Richard Shindell, Tom Rush,

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, Patty Larkin,

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, Dan Fogelberg,

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, and Warren Zevon. She also facilitates performance workshops, and is a frequent performance instructor at the Planet Bluegrass' Annual Folks Festival Song School.

References

External links

Official Maggie Simpson Website
at Lorax.org.
''OK Cafe'' review
at ''CD Baby''.
''Angel of Thunder'' review
at ''CD Baby''. American women singer-songwriters American folk musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters {{US-singer-songwriter-stub