''Purpose + Grace'' is a 2011 album recorded by the English guitarist and banjo player Martin Simpson and released on the

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label. The album features a mixture of traditional and original material.

Track listing

# "The Sheffield Apprentice" – 4:15 # "Bold General Wolfe" – 4:58 # "Brothers Under the Bridge" (

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) – 5:14 # "Little Liza Jane" – 4:08 # "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" ( Yip Harburg)– 2:50 # "Jamie Foyers" (

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) – 4:04 # "In The Pines" – 6:01 # "Strange Affair" ( Richard Thompson) – 4:36 # "Banjo Bill" (Martin Simpson) – 3:17 # "Barbry Allen" – 6:46 # "Don't Leave Your Banjo in the Shed, Mr. Waterson" (Martin Simpson) – 1:55 # "Bad Girl's Lament" – 4:08 # "Lakes of Pontchartrain" – 5:17 All titles trad. except where noted.

Personnel

* Martin Simpson – banjo, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, guitars, vocals, production * Andy Cutting – accordion *

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– pedal steel guitar * Andy Seward – bass, production, mixing * Keith Angel – drums, percussion * June Tabor – vocals on "Strange Affair" *

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– vocals on "Jamie Foyers" and "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" *

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– vocals on "Bad Girl's Lament" *

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– fiddle * Richard Thompson – electric guitar * Will Pound – harmonica * Barry Phillips – cello {{Authority control Martin Simpson albums 2011 albums