Bury St Edmunds: Top guitarist has Suffolk date

ONE of the world’s finest folk guitarists - Martin Simpson - is to play in Suffolk next week.

The Martin Simpson Band brings together a number of top folk musicians and singers currently working in the UK.

Next Tuesday, they will perform at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds.

Mr Simpson, who has worked as a professional musician for 35 years, has twice scooped the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Musician of the Year and Album of the Year, and also the Best Original Track in 2008.

Tickets for the show cost �20 (�18 concessions) and are available from The Apex box office on 01284 758000 or via the website www.theapex.co.uk.