Name: Martyn Joseph
Start: 2025-11-07T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Holt Community Centre

For one man and a guitar Martyn Joseph creates a performance with a far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling and passionate.
He's gifted with the rare ability to speak to the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics and has a career spanning 30 years, 32 albums, over a half a million record sales and thousands of live performances. He’s also a jaw-dropping guitar player who has developed a unique percussive style, teamed with a roller-coaster stage performance.
Often compared to Bruce Springsteen, Martyn has created his own style and reputation as a mesmerising live performer and has built his reputation as a talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade. Concerned with making music that is relevant and vital to his audience, Martyn Joseph engages with challenging narratives tackling the complexity of the human condition, underpinned with a promise of hope. In his own words “Really what I do is to try and write songs that might step up and make some sense of a moment in time. A good song makes you feel like you’re not alone in the world.”
“A singer-songwriter who is not afraid to take a stand, Joseph eschews sentimentality” The Times
“One of the most charismatic and electrifying performers in Britain today…tough and passionate” Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music
“Intelligent and enlightened songs are both energising and provocative…from subtle tenderness to growly indignation." MOJO