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Edinburgh Folk Club’s weekly folk nights continue in 2024 with a wealth of talent.Celebrating its 50th year at the heart of the capital’s traditional music scene, the beloved Club lights up Wednesday nights at Edinburgh’s Ukrainian Community Centre, bringing together performers and music lovers from all generations and backgrounds.
On Wednesday 15th May, we welcome folk legend Martyn Wyndham-Read.
Martyn Wyndham-Read has been involved with folk music for about 60 years. In his late teens he left his mother's farm in Sussex and headed off, with his guitar, to Australia where he worked on a sheep station called Emu Springs in South Australia. While there he heard, first hand, the old songs sung by some of the station hands and became captivated by these songs and the need grew to know more about them and where they came from.
Martyn headed to Melbourne and became part of the folk song revival there and throughout Australia during the early 1960s. He stayed in Australia from 1958 to 1967.
He came back to England in 1967 where he met up with the renowned singer and song collector Bert Lloyd, who himself had spent time in Australia. Martyn was asked by Bert Lloyd to be part of the album Leviathan on the Topic record label and soon after that he started recording for Bill Leader and touring extensively worldwide.
In 2010 Martyn worked with Shirley Collins on a production called Down the Lawson Track featuring stories, poems/songs of the great Australian Poet of the People, Henry Lawson along with Pip Barnes, Iris Bishop, Gary Holder and Jackie Oates. In total Martyn has produced over 40 albums over the years.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ukrainian Community Centre, 14 Royal Terrace, EH7 5AB Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 14 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5, United Kingdom,Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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