“Welsh Bruce Springsteen” Martyn Joseph to play Liverpool in June
Liverpool Acoustic and Pipe Records are proud to present a special evening of music when Martyn Joseph returns to Liverpool at LEAF on Bold St on Sunday 7th June 2015.
Playing in Liverpool for the first time in two years, the musician, also dubbed “The Welsh Woody Guthrie” (The Western Mail) and “David Gray with b##ls” (Splendizine.com), will be performing a full solo show with no support.
You can read the Liverpool Acoustic review of Martyn’s 2013 gig here.
- Event: Liverpool Acoustic presents Martyn Joseph
- Artists: Martyn Joseph (solo show, no support)
- Date: Sunday 7th June 2015
- Times: 7.30pm doors, 8.00pm start
- Venue: LEAF on Bold St
- Tickets: £16 (plus booking fee) in advance from wegottickets.com/
liverpoolacoustic - The facebook event can be found here.
- Details of all Liverpool Acoustic live music events can be found at liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/
live - Press enquiries & guestlist – email contact@liverpoolacoustic.co.
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Martyn Joseph is as performer like no other.
He has been called “The Welsh Springsteen”, and shades of 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.
In 2013 Martyn released a CD of Bruce Springsteen songs, to great public and critical acclaim, with the glowing endorsement of Dave Marsh, acclaimed American music critic and official Springsteen biographer.
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.
Martyn Joseph. A unique talent driven by passion and love for his trade, continues to write, sing and play from the heart.
“Springsteen-indebted Americana, suspended folk chords glistening beneath troubadour tales, his lyrical eloquence still inspired almost 30 years on from his debut” – MOJO
“One of the most charismatic and electrifying performers in Britain today…tough and passionate” – Tom Robinson BBC 6 music
“One of acoustic music’s most original voices, and most forward looking of his generation of singer/songwriters” – Q Magazine
“A profound experience” – The Boston Globe
“Songs of social commentary as much as love, with a rootsy sensibility” – Time Out
“Written with craft, performed with passion” – Financial Times
“He is one of our most intelligent writers. He gets better and better like the finest of wines” – Bob Harris – BBC Radio 2
VIDEO PREVIEW youtu.be/vJ5YRURqoBI – Recorded on the back seat of a rental car, Martyn Joseph sings his song Beyond Us from the album Songs for the Coming Home.
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Preview: Martyn Joseph – Sunday 7th June 2015
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