Born
on his grandfather’s farm in Ifield Wood, Martyn took off with a guitar and a
head full of Sussex songs to work on a sheep farm in Australia. Working
alongside the station hands he became fascinated by their old bush songs, “My
jaw dropped,” he later recalled.
When
he returned to England he became hugely influential not only for the
championing of the traditional songs of Australia but also those of its new
wave of songwriters. With his newly-acquired repertoire, delivered in with his
trademark virtuoso style, he soon became a fixture in the clubs and concert
halls of the UK.
Since
then, his many prestigious collaborations with the great and the good of
British folk music have been hugely important in our understanding of the links
between our native traditions and those throughout the English-speaking world.
He has featured on over 40 albums and
continues to tour extensively.
Living Tradition said of his most recent album,
Starlit Skies, “Heavenly ... superb
on all counts”
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