Martyn Joseph

An evening with Martyn Joseph

Thursday 16th September, 19.30 – 21.30

Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters….and rip it up. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling and passionate.

April 2019 saw him win a “Wales Folk Award” for “Here Come the Young”, the title track of his most recent album, of which Uncut magazine said “He’s never sounded more potent than he does here.” In 2018 he was honoured with the Spirit of Folk Award by Folk Alliance International in Kansas USA and he also received Fatea magazine’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” here in the UK.

Martyn is gifted with the rare ability to speak to the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics and has a career spanning 30 years, 32 albums, over a half a million record sales and thousands of live performances.

A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, he’s a jaw dropping guitar player who has developed a unique percussive style, teamed up with a powerful show stopping voice, and has been called “The Welsh Springsteen”

Concerned with making music that is relevant and vital to his audience, he engages with challenging narratives tackling the complexity of the human condition, underpinned with a promise of hope. In his own words “Really what I do is to try and write songs that might step up and make some sense of a moment in time. A good song makes you feel like you’re not alone in the world.”

“Stunning, heartfelt music”– Bob Harris BBC Radio

“Intelligent and enlightened songs are both energizing and provocative…from subtle tenderness to growly indignation. A Welsh national treasure” – MOJO

“One of acoustic music’s most original voices, and most forward looking of his generation of singer/songwriters” – Q Magazine