Martin Green

Event date:

18th August 2012

Find out more by visiting:

www.martingreenmusic.co.uk/biography/

Born into a family of traditional music and trained by one of the contemporary accordion world’s most respected teachers (Bert Santilly) Martin had a good grounding in numerous styles and techniques at an early age, including spending time in Hungary with some of the leading lights in Balkan and Gypsy music.

Soon after finishing school (with great grades in music) Martin joined Eliza Carthy, princess of English Folk, with whom he would work for several years. Recordings included Red Rice, Anglicana  (both Mercury Music Prize short listed) and Angels and Cigarettes. This fruitful musical relationship blossomed   in the form of  a critically-acclaimed Carthy-Green duo album Dinner  featuring JC001 (Nitin Sawhney) and Eddi Reader (Fairground Attraction).

Over the past few years many of the great names of English and American folk music have called upon Martin’s talents:

Extensive world touring with:
Joan Baez, Linda Thompson , Eliza Carthy and The Be Good Tanyas and others.

Recording sessions and performances with:
Roger McQuinn (The Byrds), Hugh Cornwall (The Stranglers), Norma Waterson, Kathryn Tickell, The Broken Family Band, Laura Veirs, Karine Polwart and many others.