Martin Jeremiah

“…most talented musician and artist…

“Martin Jeremiah stormed onto the political music scene in July 2004 supporting the Oysterband and Billy Bragg at the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival. He went on to write and perform the hit show ‘Sounds of History’, a musical tracing the political history of Britain & Ireland launched at the Brighton Fringe Festival. As well as making the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters ‘Top 20’ in 2005 he completed his studio album Love Peace Justice in 2006.” 

“Not your average gig this; folk singer-songwriter Martin Jeremiah combines heartfelt song with talk to create musical snapshots of lives lived across the seventeenth-century up into the present. From revolutionary pirate queens, starving Irishmen and shell-shocked soldiers, to poor students and lonely techno-obsessives, Martin imagines the multiple different lives that make up Britain’s social history, but in keeping with folk tradition – song as story – toil becomes timeless and the music acts as a form of reconciliation. Songs of silent defiant struggles, oppression, sadness and loss, they always retain something of the strength and warmth of human spirit – like the Cornish miners chipping away underground waiting for rays of sun, these are dark sounds, shot through with light.”

“He can keep company with the half dozen songwriters in England who are able to make good songs around political issues without the words sounding awkward or worthy.”

“Martin Jeremiah brings social history together with a unique collection of original songs”

“When Martin Jeremiah presents a concert, you have more than you bargained for – lecture, music and a lovely relaxed atmosphere as you travel through time.”

“All the songs are linked to various political and social events through history and the songbook contains some interesting background information.”