Martyn Joseph 2027

Be it to two hundred people or twenty thousand, he blows the crowd away night after night. Compared to Bruce Springsteen, John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews, he has created his own style and reputation as a mesmerising live performer and stands in his own right, built on a reputation for giving what thousands have described as the best live music experience of their lives. A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness, and love for his trade, he's 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'.

In April 2019 he won a "Wales Folk Award" for "Here Come the Young", and in 2023 he was nominated for Best Solo Artist. 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 2024 he was invited by BBC Radio 2 for a second time to write a song as part of their brand new award winning '21st Century Folk' project, penning and performing 'Chapel Porth Beach', to mark the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI. This was following 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 BBC Radio 2 along with Radio