Martin Harley (UK)
Mit lebenslanger Hingabe an die akustische Musik, insbesondere dem zeitlosen Blues & Roots Sound, hat sich Martin Harley zahlreichen musikalischen Einflüssen verschrieben. Mit einzigartigem Talent hat er diese Fülle in klassischem Songwriting-Style in sein Handwerk übersetzt und wurde so zu einer wichtigen und respektierten „Stimme“ in der Entwicklung des populären Blues und der Folk-Gitarrenmusik. Bekannt für seine fantastische Handhabung der Slide Gitarre, hat Harley sich ebenfalls als Ausnahmegitarrist und wunderbar verblüffender Songwriter erwiesen.
Songs wie „Winter Coat“ und „Cardboard King“ verwöhnen die Seele. Seine Stimme ist unvergleichlich!
Folgendem Zitat von der Homepage www.M-MMusic.com ist nicht mehr viel hinzu zu fügen: „Wenn Du Martin Harley’s Musik zum ersten Mal erlebst, vergisst Du auf die Uhr zu schauen, Du vergisst die Arbeit, die auf dich wartet, Du vergisst Dein Mittagessen. Seine Musik und Performance führen dich aus jedem Zimmer in dem Du gerade drin warst und Du wirst Teil dieser Erfahrung.“
Neben seiner Solokarriere ist Martin auch Frontmann des englischen Akustik Trios „Martin Harley Band.
Seine Musik wurde in zahlreichen US TV Shows platziert (z.B. "Vampire Diaries", "Banshee", "Americas Best Bars" und VH1 "Morning Buzz"). Auf Tour war Harley bereits mit hochkarätigen Acts wie ZZ Ward, Delta Rae, Iron and Wine, Bruce Hornsby, Five for Fighting, World Party, Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa. Zwischenzeitlich häufen sich die Beiträge in diversen Gitarren Magazinen wie "Guitarist", "Acoustic Guitar", "AcoAcoustic Magazine", "Q", "Mojo", "Classic Rock", "Blues in Britain", "The Times" etc.
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Martin Harley is a supremely talented acoustic roots and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter with a burgeoning global reputation.
The new studio album ‘Static In The Wires’ was released in February 2017, it was produced by Martin & Daniel Kimbro and recorded in Nashville. It follows the critically acclaimed ‘Live At Southern Ground. A ‘Spellbinding 50 minutes’ as The Observer put it. It is Martin’s 7th album to date and the 2nd to feature Daniel Kimbro as well as 14 time Grammy winner Jerry Douglas (Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton), Derek Mixon (Chris Stapleton, Sam Lewis) and Micah Hulsher (Alabama Shakes). The album was tracked live at Wow & Flutter Studios in East Nashville over four days. Engineered and mixed by analogue guru Joe V McMahan making use of every corner of the space. The drums sounded great in the kitchen and if you listen carefully you can hear the freight trains rolling past.
The two musicians met through a mutual friend Sam Lewis at Hippie Jack’s music festival in Crawford Tennessee. After a brief backstage rehearsal, the two took to the stage for an hour of largely improvised music. A few weeks later they were cutting a record at Zac Brown’s iconic Southern Ground studios. Their live shows seek to bring aspects of blues, Americana and folk to the table. Martin plays a 100 year Weissenborn (Hawaiian acoustic lap guitar), Daniel plucks beats, scratches and bows his double bass to create and an unexpected array of textures and sounds.
Recently Martin has headlined Music City Roots in Nashville, performed on the Cayamo Cruise with Chris Stapleton, toured coast to coast with ZZ Ward, Delta Rae and opened for Iron & Wine, Bruce Hornsby, Five for Fighting, World Party, Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa amongst many others. His music has features on hit TV shows such as the Vampire Diaries, Banshee, America best Bars and VH1’s Morning Buzz. Last summer in Canada he and Daniel played Winnipeg, Vancouver, Canmore and Calgary Folk Music Festivals as well as shows in the Caribbean, the US and Europe.
Daniel has played the Ryman Auditorium, Grand Ole Opry, Tennessee Theatre, Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, MerleFest, Hardly Strictly, Bluegrass, StordFest, The Kate Wolf Folk Festival, The Edmonton Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz Fest, The Blue Note Tokyo, Chateau St. Michelle, Jammin at Hippie Jacks (Jack’s) and many more.
“Harley offers the listener a masterclass in taste, style and roots blues” – *Guitarist Magazine***
“Martin is arguably the best Weissenborn player in the UK and has been for many years.” – *Weissenborn Exchange**
“No doubt that he is a slide guitar master. He is the business” – *Roots Magazine***
“Awesome” – *Johnnie Walker, BBC Radio 2***
“Quite simply a great live act” – *Time Out London*
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbaDsu0Yx4 (2014+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQeozyY187w (2017)
