show starts 8pm Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is energetic, compelling, and passionate. Be it to two hundred people or twenty thousand, he blows the crowd away night after night. He is hailed as a raconteur weaving tales on political and human issues, as well as stories on the fragility of love, with a magical ability to reach out to his listeners through his passion and commitment. Stunning reviews single him out as an unmissable solo performer whose music stays with you long after the show has ended. “Martyn Joseph is who John Hammond thought he was getting when he signed Springsteen to Columbia Records in 1972” Dave Marsh: Rolling Stone  “Stunning, heartfelt music” Bob Harris BBC Radio 2 “Relevant, challenging and vital” Songlines “Folk Legend” Gary Davies BBC Radio 2 “Genuine emotional clout…and must count as one of his best” MOJO “1960” 4*  “I couldn’t help but be reminded of Springsteen’s Nebraska” Irish Music Magazine (1960 review)  “Full of treasured memories and universal themes of joy and sadness” Uncut “1960” 8/10 review  “He’s never sounded more potent than he does here” Uncut  "Intelligent and enlightened songs are both energising and provocative…from subtle tenderness to growly indignation. A Welsh national treasure” MOJO  “One of acoustic music’s most original voices, and most forward looking of his generation of singer/songwriters” Q Magazine

Venue: Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1NF.

Event type: Folk.

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