Friday 25 April 2008

Martyn Joseph - The Welsh Springsteen



We had a great night last night. We went to see one of my heroes Martyn Joseph in concert in Otley. Martyn is one of the finest singer/songwriters around today. His influences include Bruce Springsteen and Woodie Guthrie and he writes great songs that have real meaning. He's not afraid to be political and a lot of his songs reflect his Christian faith.

Last nights show was one of his best, I've seen him five times now. The show was at Ottley Courthouse which is a small arts centre which holds about 120 people. The place was packed and Martyn played for over two hours. Its a one man show, just him and his guitar. What I like about Martyn is that he always takes time to come out and chat with his fans after the show, you really feel that you get to know him.

Otley was a pleasant surprise too. I'd never been there before but its a really nice little town surrounded by some lovely countryside.

If you want to find out more about Martyn his website is http://www.martynjoseph.com/

If you would like to know what he sounds like, I've put some links below to some of his videos


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