Martyn Joseph

Martyn Joseph is a performer like no other. He has been called “The Welsh Springsteen”; shades of The Boss, John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews there may be, but he stands in his own right, built on a reputation for giving what thousands have described as the best live music experience of their lives.

Juxtaposition is a key theme in Martyn’s work. The simplicity and the complexity of the human condition and all that it encompasses is underpinned with a heady promise of hope. There is a versatility to Martyn’s music that is hard to categorise. Many have tried, resulting in labels such as Folk, Rock, Soul, Folk Funk and Americana; all of which somehow miss the mark. But sometimes music doesn’t need a defining genre and with the ability to articulate a sense of the bigger picture, Martyn’s music and social commentary manage to empower and speak for many. His songs are pictures, and stories, and feelings all put to music and delivered by a master craftsman.

2014 saw him take the spirit of his music onto a more practical footing with the launch of his "Let Yourself Trust", a not-for-profit organisation which aims to make a small difference out of great love and commitment by challenging injustice wherever it’s found, educating via advocacy, campaigning for human rights, and raising issues that have been forgotten or ignored via fundraising initiatives, thus bringing about greater awareness for beautiful people in powerless situations.

During 2015 Martyn continues to tour extensively, and by his late 2015 tour he will have a new studio album to share with us, his first since 2012's Songs For the Coming Home.

Martyn Joseph. A unique talent driven by passion and love for his trade, continues to write, sing and play from the heart. It’s a road he’s been travelling for most of his life and, as he often tells his audience, ‘you keep turning up and so will I.’

The Live At All Hallows team still can't quite believe that Martyn's coming to play for us, seeing as some of us have been following him for most if not all of his thirty-odd years playing live music. In the words of the Church Warden when we told him who we were wanting the church for on 5th December for: "Woo hoo. Fantastic!"