Martyn was born on a farm in Sussex, England, and at 18 headed off, with his guitar, to Australia, where he worked on a sheep station Emu Springs in South Australia. It was there that he heard, first hand, the old songs sung by some of the station hands and became captivated by these songs. Moving back to England in 1967, he met up with the renowned singer and song collector Bert Lloyd, who himself had spent time in Australia. Martyn was asked by Bert Lloyd to be part of the album ‘Leviathan’ on the Topic label and soon after he started recording for Bill Leader and touring extensively worldwide. Martyn is also the instigator of the well known Song Links Project.

This concert is streaming live from Whitby, UK. We are partnering with Falcon House Concerts, Old Songs, FSSGB, Branford Folk Music Society, and FSGW to bring you this not-to-be-missed event.

The show will start at 3 pm (Eastern U.S. time) [8 pm U.K. time] and The show will run approximately 60 minutes.

Contribution $10, more if you can, less if you can't. For more information on the Folk Music Society of NY, visit our web page at http://FMSNY.org

Your Eventbrite confirmation may include a "red button" link to view the details which you should NOT click on. We suggest you ignore that link and continue to scroll down for the URL. You will also be sent an e-mail 2 days in advance, and on the day of, with the link information near the bottom. If you do not get that e-mail, contact us immediately. If you have questions contact Don: DEW@fmsny.org; 718-672-6399.