Martha Spencer & Frank Rische

Martha Spencer and Frank Rische are an American roots duo hailing from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee. Both grew up in musical families and began performing at a young a…

Martha St. Arthur

If country music’s all about life inside America, Martha St. Arthur’s modern Westerns are all about life outside it. Raised in the badlands of England’s deep South in an identikit commuter town, her e…

Martha Tilston

Martha´s interest in song started at an early age. Her father Steve Tilston, acclaimed songwriter and performer and stepmother Maggie Boyle, folk singer, had a great influence on her musically. She sp…

Martha Wainwright

Canada

Martha was born in New York City to folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. She is Rufus Wainwright´s sister and they often collaborate in shows and on records. Martha is also half-sis…

Marthas and Arthurs

Somewhere between Mamas & Papas and Belle & Sebastian (with a dash of ABBA thrown in) Marthas & Arthurs got together last year round a campfire deep in the Herefordshire woods and resolved to take the…

Martin Alvarado

Buenos Aires

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Martín Alvarado discovered his talent to sing at the age of 19 and is now world renowned and widely recognised as one of the most significant vocalists in the history …

Martin Barre

Former Jethro Tull lead guitarist for 47 years

Martin Black

Martin Black shows what a heart-warming man he is by touching on every subject and leaving no stone un-turned in his search to become a working class hero. Armed with streets of punk and the folkie hu…

Martin Callingham

Bristol

Martin Callingham is a Bristol based musician and songwriter. His debut album ‘Tonight, We All Swim Free’ was released in 2015 on Folkwit Records. Playing like the soundtrack to the last day of your …

Martin Carthy

For more than 40 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music´s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage p…

Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy

Rest of the UK

Since their Topic Records album release, The Elephant, in 2014, this duo format has gone from strength to strength, allowing each artist to showcase their unique individual musical talents, as well as…

Martin Cassini

Martin Coudroy

Martin Coudroy is renowned for his expertise in French and European traditional musics, particularly music for dance. He specialises in the Breton repertoire with influences from jazz to musette, thro…

Martin Furey

Martin has captivated audiences all over the world since the late 1980´s with his distinctive musical style. He has worked tirelessly to re-establish the traditional style of Irish singing and made…

Martin Green

Best known as accordionist and electronic experimentalist with the visionary folk trio Lau, Martin Green is increasingly recognised as a composer, arranger and collaborator in his own right. His caree…

Martin Harley

In 2019 British guitarist and songwriter Martin Harley is making a change. Having created a deep impression on the acoustic blues roots and Americana scene with his last two Nashville recorded albums,…

Martin Hayes

One of the most extraordinary talents in traditional Irish music

Martin Kern

Bristol

Martin Kern grew up in Bülach near Zürich in Switzerland and first started to play classical cello, then later at age 17 picked up the saxophone. He studied in Paris at the Cèntre d´´Information Music…

Martin Kershaw

Edinburgh

Following on from the great success of his 2018 composition ´Dreaming of Ourselves´ (´...as carefully structured and full of wit as the best prose writing...´ The Herald​*****), renowned saxophonist a…

Martin Lloyd Chitty

London

Martin Lloyd Chitty is a singer-songwriter, a multi-instrumentalist and a composer, based in London and Lancaster, UK. His distinctive strain of atmospheric folk blends lyrical storytelling with impec…

Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson is a multi-award winning musician, singer and songwriter who has worked with Bonnie Raitt, Richard Hawley, Jackson Brown, June Tabor, Richard Thompson and many more, as well as being a …

Martin Speake´s Marafowi

Martin writes: ‘A newly formed project that is a pared-down version of my previous 7 piece group Fever Pitch. This was formed to reflect my interest in rhythmic music from around the world including A…

Martin Stephenson

The great thing about Martin Stephenson — hang on, let’s start that again — ONE of the great things about Martin Stephenson is that you never quite know what he’s going to say next. Take these enlight…