Brand new song "On This Celtic Morning" - June 2010
I have often effused about my love affair with the ancient game of Golf. It’s a sport I have played as best I could since I was ten years old, and if you ‘get it’ then you know how all consuming it is and if you don’t thats fine. With the ‘The Ryder Cup’ coming to Wales for the first time at the end of September, I found myself fumbling with a few lyrical ideas that eventually became a song. I looked on-line for other Ryder Cup music but only found some very jingoistic efforts directed at the USA team, which to be honest, didn't do them any artistic favor. ‘On This Celtic Morning’ tries to embrace the unique spirit of this beloved game and is hopefully an acknowledgment of the past as well as the amazing skills of todays fairway magicians. I don’t know if it will be of any use to anyone in particular but it felt right to put it out there amidst the excitement that is building by the M4 intersection with Newport.
Martyn Joseph
June 2010
On this Celtic morning
On this Celtic morning
Under Manor skies
A valleys eyes are smiling
And the river asking why?
There is a tiger on the land
To meet the dragon always there
And men will play this great game again
In spirit true and fair
Grass that’s drawn from water
Irons wrought of sand
The beauty in the walking
The shaking of your hand
On this Celtic morning
Under Manor skies
Flags of nations flying
And hope is running high
Pure strikes from the middle
And never from the toe
There may be some beautiful healing
Still the river wants to know
Why there’s a tiger on the land
To meet the dragon always there
Tell her history lives beyond us
And used to be the golden bear
She’s the grace to lose with honor
To win with empathy
It’s the passion of the matador
As a boy with his 3 iron by the sea
And the gods who play before us
Somehow carry all our names
As tall as any mountain
But never bigger than the game
On this Celtic morning
Under Manor skies
Flags of nations flying
And hope is running high
On this Celtic morning
Under Manor skies
Rhythm time and motion
Runs deep and testifies
And welcomes brothers to the land
To meet the dragons always there
And men will play this great game again
In spirit true and fair
On this Celtic morning
Under Manor skies
On this Celtic morning
Under Samuel Ryder skies.
Copyright - Martyn Joseph 2010
New song "Lonely Like America" - October 2009
Due to overwhelming demand and fantastic feedback followqing the live shows, Martyn has recorded an acoustic version of his brand new song "Lonely Like America" for free download!
"Streets" - from Because We Can Again...Live - July 2009
This is one of the tracks from the brand new "Because We Can Again...Live" mp3 download available in the online shop now!
"All This Time" - brand new recording - March 2009
Due to overwhelming demand, Martyn has recorded a brand new version of this song, inspired by his visit to British Columbia, Canada in 1999.
Brand now song "Five Sisters" - January 2009
Read Martyn`s diary entry of 31st December 2008 for the inspiration behind this moving and compelling song of a father in Gaza who lost five precious daughters when an Israeli rocket, aimed at a building next door, destroyed their home.
Below are two versions of the song, the first a full version and the second a stripped back acoustic version.
Five Sisters.mp3 Five Sisters acoustic.mp3
Five Sisters
This is not the place for vengeance
Not a place for battle cries
This is no rally it’s a funeral
For five sisters lives
Every day I watched them growing
In the night I watched them breathe
But it only takes a second
Five sisters gone
We walk we breathe we are not animals
Though you treat us like we are
I never fired a rocket sir at anyone
n>But you may have pushed too far
The propaganda of the leaders
Making speeches heads held high
I want them standing by this graveside
Where five sisters lie
Every day…
Take away a mans water
Build upon his land
Raise a mighty wall around him
What is it you don’t understand?
Make his children walk in squalor
With only night stars for a view
Then the rage within that helplessness
One day comes back at you
But this is not the place for vengeance
Not a place for battle cries
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o rally it’s a funeral
For five sisters lives
One day I’ll buy a rocket
And I will aim it at the sky
Celebrate in the light of a thousand colours
I pray, peace and justice in our time
For five sisters
le="font-size: x-small;"> Tahir, Ikram, Samar, Dina and Jawaher Balousha Song 'Cardiff Bay' Recorded on 31/6/04 with
Suzanne Vega's Band, Doug Yowell, Billy Masters and Mike Visceglia. Featured on the PQ25 CD.
>Song 'I would never do anything in this world...' Recorded live at Bedford Ents Shed in Summer 2005. Song 'Can't breathe - acoustic' Appears on Martyn's 2005 album 'Deep Blue'.
Too late for my five daughters
Cardiff Bay... (7.12mb)
I would never do anything... (3.7mb)
Deep Blue's: Can't breath - reprise (4.1mb)
MP3 clips from various radio shows Martyn has been a part of over the last few years. To listen to a clip right click on the link and select 'save target as' and then save it to your chosen location on your computer. These clips are suitable for broadband users
BBC WILTSHIRE
24 July 2009
Martyn and Steve Knightley are interviewed by Heather Skull from BBC Wiltshire following Martyn`s perfiormance at the Trowbridge Festival.
Trowbridge_09_7_mins
BBC RADIO 2
25 April 2009
Martyn joins Bob Harris on his Radio 2 to play some new songs, choose a couple of his favourite tracks by other artists and chat. One of his best radio interviews yet in our opinion!
Bob Harris 09 Part 1 20 mins
Bob Harris 09 Part 2 22 mins
10 January 2009
Bob Harris talks about Evolved and plays the track "Have an Angel Walk with Her"
Have an Angel - Bob Harris 6 mins
BBC RADIO WALES
CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2007
January 2007
Martyn`s Celtic Connections show in 2007 was recorded by Radio Wales, along with a short interview with Frank Hennessy and broadcast in his Celtic Heartbeat show. Here are all the tracks broadcast along with the interview.
Celtic - Track 1 -Please Sir
Celtic - Track 2 - Dic Penderyn
Celtic - Track 3 - All in the Past
Celtic - Track 4 - Working Mother
Celtic - Track 5 - Love Is
Celtic - Track 6 - How Did We End up Here?
Celtic - Track 7 - Six Sixty Six
Celtic - Track 8 - Nobody Loves You Anymore
Celtic - Track 9 - Wake Me Up
Celtic - Track 10 - Every Little Sign
Celtic - Track 11 - Proud Valley Boy
Celtic - Track 12 - Interview
BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE
28 November 2008
Interview and live songs with Phil Brwon on The Drift. (broken down into smaller parts for ease of download)
The Drift Part 1
The Drift Part 2
The Drift Part 3
The Drift Part 4
The Drift Part 5
The Drift Part 6
The Drift Part 7
CKUA RADIO CALGARY
28 January 2009
Martyn was interviewed on The Afternoon Edition on CKUA radio in Calgary and performed live. Well worth a listen!
Listen to the interview and live tracks
BBC RADIO 2
28 July 2007
Interview and songs with Bob Harris.
25 Minute Slot (22mb)
