Martyn Joseph is a performer like no other: Shades of Springsteen, John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews there may be - but he stands in his own right, built on a reputation for giving what thousands have described as the best live music experience of their lives delivering his "songs of lyrical intelligence" according to BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris.

Tag Archive: Elvis

From Memphis to Manchester from Pontypridd to Oxford

March 2, 2010 9:36 pm Comments Off

A rather difficult journey home from Memphis saw me missing my international connection due to storms through Chicago where I... View Article

Sunday over Cardiff Bay

December 22, 2009 12:05 pm Comments Off

Time for a few wind up thoughts for the year. The tour ploughed on through the country and ended in... View Article

Martin Luther King

April 4, 2008 5:26 pm Comments Off

Last week I sat in a Bedouin tent on the edge of the Sinai Desert and read a book about... View Article

A footnote:) and thanks to Illinois Police Dept and 911

February 24, 2008 7:45 pm Comments Off

Forgot to mention that Elvis’s chiropodist (though it has another name in the USA) came to the Memphis show. He... View Article

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