Eddie Martin

"Phenomenal..surely his time has come..A live act not to be missed" Blues Revue USA,"A Blues Master" New Jersey Times, "a wonderful musician, the most remarkable bluesman of his generation" Blues in Britain"

A roller-coaster year for Eddie Martin has seen him win Blues Act of the Year in the South West Blues Awards as well as repeat nominations for Guitar and Harmonica Player of the Year in the British Blues Awards. His latest "Folk and Blues" cd has been rave-reviewed internationally ("Superb" fRoots, "Spellbinging storyteller" Blues Revue, "Truly blistering guitar player" Guitarist).

Charismatic multi-instrumentalist,singer-songwriter,one man band and band leader. Martin is touring internationally in 2012/13 with his Big Band with special guest Pee Wee Ellis(ex James Brown, Etta James, Buddy Guy) promoting the new CD "Looking Forward Looking Back" (out on international release 18/6/12), and his BIG SOUND TRIO (featuring John Paul Gard Keyb / Hammond and bass pedals)

Described as "the top one man band in the UK" (European Blues Association), his one-man-band show, complete with his Diddley Bo "Frankenstein",was honed touring the US, where he lived for a while, holding down residencies in Beale St Memphis and in the Jook Joints of Clarksdale Mississippi. Playing a full drum-kit with bass-drum suitcase and simultaneous harp and guitar, the one man band show is featured on his debut cd (described by TIMEOUT as "easily one of the top roots albums of the year" in 1996, "Keep on Working" (2006) which was awarded 10/10 in Blues in Britain magazine, and his 2010 release "Folk and Blues" described as a "Masterpiece" in Blues in Britain.

"Phenomenal..surely his time has come..A live act not to be missed" Blues Revue USA,"A Blues Master" New Jersey Times, "a wonderful musician, the most remarkable bluesman of his generation" Blues in Britain"

A roller-coaster year for Eddie Martin has seen him win Blues Act of the Year in the South West Blues Awards as well as repeat nominations for Guitar and Harmonica Player of the Year in the British Blues Awards. His latest "Folk and Blues" cd has been rave-reviewed internationally ("Superb" fRoots, "Spellbinging storyteller" Blues Revue, "Truly blistering guitar player" Guitarist).

Charismatic multi-instrumentalist,singer-songwriter,one man band and band leader. Martin is touring internationally in 2012/13 with his Big Band with special guest Pee Wee Ellis(ex James Brown, Etta James, Buddy Guy) promoting the new CD "Looking Forward Looking Back" (out on international release 18/6/12), and his BIG SOUND TRIO (featuring John Paul Gard Keyb / Hammond and bass pedals)

Described as "the top one man band in the UK" (European Blues Association), his one-man-band show, complete with his Diddley Bo "Frankenstein",was honed touring the US, where he lived for a while, holding down residencies in Beale St Memphis and in the Jook Joints of Clarksdale Mississippi. Playing a full drum-kit with bass-drum suitcase and simultaneous harp and guitar, the one man band show is featured on his debut cd (described by TIMEOUT as "easily one of the top roots albums of the year" in 1996, "Keep on Working" (2006) which was awarded 10/10 in Blues in Britain magazine, and his 2010 release "Folk and Blues" described as a "Masterpiece" in Blues in Britain.

"Phenomenal..surely his time has come..A live act not to be missed" Blues Revue USA,"A Blues Master" New Jersey Times, "a wonderful musician, the most remarkable bluesman of his generation" Blues in Britain"

A roller-coaster year for Eddie Martin has seen him win Blues Act of the Year in the South West Blues Awards as well as repeat nominations for Guitar and Harmonica Player of the Year in the British Blues Awards. His latest "Folk and Blues" cd has been rave-reviewed internationally ("Superb" fRoots, "Spellbinging storyteller" Blues Revue, "Truly blistering guitar player" Guitarist).

Charismatic multi-instrumentalist,singer-songwriter,one man band and band leader. Martin is touring internationally in 2012/13 with his Big Band with special guest Pee Wee Ellis(ex James Brown, Etta James, Buddy Guy) promoting the new CD "Looking Forward Looking Back" (out on international release 18/6/12), and his BIG SOUND TRIO (featuring John Paul Gard Keyb / Hammond and bass pedals)

Described as "the top one man band in the UK" (European Blues Association), his one-man-band show, complete with his Diddley Bo "Frankenstein",was honed touring the US, where he lived for a while, holding down residencies in Beale St Memphis and in the Jook Joints of Clarksdale Mississippi. Playing a full drum-kit with bass-drum suitcase and simultaneous harp and guitar, the one man band show is featured on his debut cd (described by TIMEOUT as "easily one of the top roots albums of the year" in 1996, "Keep on Working" (2006) which was awarded 10/10 in Blues in Britain magazine, and his 2010 release "Folk and Blues" described as a "Masterpiece" in Blues in Britain.