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~ Martyn Joseph (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (27 Oct 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Pipe Records
  • ASIN: B001HW893A
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Few singer songwriters have the "once seen, never forgotten" effect of this colossally talented and charismatic Welshman – one of acoustic music’s brightest stars. Shades of Springsteen, Knopfler and Dave Matthews there may be--but Joseph is a performer like no other. His diverse current album Vegas recently gaining 4 stars in a Mojo review.

Bob Harris has praised the "outstanding lyrical intelligence" of his songs which can range from rock to blues, jazz and even, according to one critic, funk folk! A mean guitar player with a powerful voice, he was voted Best Male Artist in the BBC’s Welsh Music Awards. With a string of Top 50 hits to his name (including "Dolphins Make Me Cry" and "Please Sir") he has been in demand on both sides of the Atlantic for over two decades, touring with the likes of Art Garfunkel and Jools Holland and winning fans everywhere with his uncanny fusion of material.

This album traces the organic morphing of some of his best loved songs--the Kosovo lament "The Good In Me Is Dead", the fervent "Proud Valley Boy" of his roots and the exquisite "Have An Angel Walk With Her", songs that have taken on a life of their own delivered with ever more passion, sometimes barely recognisable now from their original format.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Ascent of Martyn, 19 Oct 2008
By S. Pledger "Steve" (Somerset, UK) - See all my reviews
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It's hard to recommend this album enough in fact. Probably the most important album released by this incredibly gifted (and under-recognised) singer/songwriter.

The beauty and passion of these songs is evident here more than on any other versions from previous albums. Martyn's more recent albums have managed to capture a lot more of the honesty and urgency for which his lives performances are near legendary, but nothing has come near to what 'Evolved' has achieved.

I would urge anyone who loves music, whether you have heard Martyn's music before or not, to add 'Evolved' to your basket and spend a little over an hour in the company of a master of the craft. His music will enrage and soothe you, and resonate with your soul.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Evolved & Updated, 17 Oct 2008
There are a couple of existing "best of compilations" already available from the man that has been called both "The Welsh Springsteen" and "The Welsh Woody Guthrie" ; Thunder & Rainbows gives you the songs in their original "studio" form and "Don't talk About Love" gives you a similar (but not identical) set of songs in concert atmosphere.

However, on his new CD "Evolved" you get 15 wonderful Martyn Joseph-written songs as he plays them today, fully grown-up and with the perspective of having lived with them on stage and on tour for many years. Here, they are freshly recorded "as live" with just his voice, his guitar (and in one case) his foot. This is a truly lovely-sounding album, which gives the impression Martyn and his guitar are there in the room or car with you.

Wales and its heritage feature highly in the stories told. We have the sad tale of Dic Penderyn, hanged for something he didn't do in the 1830s; Paul Robeson visiting The Valleys in the 1940s , the gloriously sinister "Sing to My Soul", written from the perspective of a child lost in the Aberfan mudslide of 1966; the plaintive story of a redundant miner in "Please Sir"; and the somewhat happier tale of being a dad and living and bringing up your kids by the side of Cardiff Bay. However, Martyn spends quite a lot of his time outside Wales, and that is reflected in songs like "Working Mother" (about prostitution in Kings Cross), "The Good in Me Is Dead" (about ethnic cleansing in Bosnia) and the (more upbeat and cheerful) Arizona Dreams.

Martyn claims not to be able to write proper "love songs", but in "Can't Breathe" and "Turn Me Tender" on this CD he has written two wonderful examples.

This is a great CD, whether you currently have no Martyn Joseph CDs or ten. Buy it! It should not disappoint.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential re-workings..., 29 Oct 2008
By CRB "CRB" (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
"Evolved" is a fantastic cd containing re-workings of older songs penned by Mr Joseph throughout his career to date. Heartfelt, stirring anthems and almost wistful quieter moments brought together in these updated renditions and superbly re-recorded
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5.0 out of 5 stars The changing face of Martyn Joseph....
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