Martyn Joseph

'Unique and mind-blowing' singer songwriter

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. Be it to two hundred people or twenty thousand, he blows the crowd away night after night.

2024 kicked off with the release of a new “masterful and career defining” (Fatea UK) studio album, “This Is What I Want To Say” , along with a sell out UK tour, followed by shows in mainland Europe and North America. Last year started with Martyn participating in BBC Radio 2’s ’21st Century Folk’
project with his song “Albert’s Place” (to see a clip, go to https://youtu.be/K2PaN-AiR04). This included appearances on BBC Breakfast TV, the Jeremy Vine and Ken Bruce shows on BBC Radio 2, and Radio 4’s World at One.

His critically acclaimed 2021 record, “1960” was made Folk Album of The Month in Mojo and awarded four starts by Uncut, and remained in the UK Official Folk charts for much of 2022.
In April 2019 he won a “Wales Folk Award” for “Here Come the Young”, and in 2023 he was nominated for Best Solo Artist.

His career has spanned over 40 years, 27 studio albums, over 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: “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.”

Website: www.martynjoseph.net

Facebook: www.facebook.com/martynjosephwales