Martyn Joseph in concert

Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a guitar Martyn Joseph 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.

After being signed to Sony Music in the early 1990s, for whom he recorded 2 albums and achieved Top 40 chart success, Martyn became a trailblazer for independent musicians. He launched his own record label in 1999 forging a successful career using the internet, ahead of many other artists.

In November 2025 he released his 28th studio album, “Troubled Horses”. In Martyn’s own words, ’I wanted to create a record that felt up-close and personal, songs that are sitting right next to you, on the edge of too close for comfort.’

In 2024 he was invited by BBC Radio 2 for a second time to write a song as part of their award winning “21st Century Folk” project, penning and performing “Chapel Porth Beach”, to mark the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI. This dollowed on from the success of his 2023 track, “Albert’s Place”, which featured in the original series,  and which included appearances on BBC Breakfast TV, the Jeremy Vine and Ken Bruce shows on 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 4 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.

He was commissioned by Parliament in 2015, as part of the “Sweet Liberties” project, to write the song “Nye (Song for the NHS)” to commemorate the 500 year anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, and launched the song in the Speaker’s Chamber of the UK House of Parliament.

He is gifted with the rare ability to speak to the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics and has a career spanning over 40 years, 27 studio albums, over a half a million record sales and thousands of live performances.

Often compared to Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews, Martyn has created his own style and reputation as a mesmerising live performer. A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness, and love for his trade, he's also 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 “I guess I try to write songs that can step up and speak to that given moment in time. A good song makes you feel like you’re not alone in the world.”

Martyn is also founder, along with his wife Justine, of “Let Yourself Trust”.  LYT works alongside Martyn’s music to support grassroots community organisations across the globe. They have given away over
£1 million pounds to over 20 different projects in the last 11 years.

He is hailed as a raconteur, weaving tales on political and human issues, as well as stories on the fragility of love, with a magical ability to reach out to his listeners through his passion and commitment. Stunning reviews single him out as an unmissable solo performer whose music stays with you long after the show has ended.
 

“Stunning, heartfelt music” Bob Harris BBC Radio 2

 
“One of acoustic music’s most original voices, and most forward looking of his generation of singer/songwriters”     Q Magazine
 
"Intelligent and enlightened songs are both energising and provocative…from subtle tenderness to growly indignation. A Welsh national treasure” MOJO
 
“Folk Legend” Gary Davies BBC Radio 2
 
“Genuine emotional clout…and must count as one of his best” MOJO “1960” 4* 

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Videos: 
Last Night I Heard America 
Let Me Hear Your Voice 
Chapel Porth Beach  
Nye – Song for the NHS