Martin Smith
Martin
started singing at the age of 21 as a semi-professional
guitar/vocal act. He then went on to form his own
country band and started to write original material.
In 1978
and 1982 his band reached the Wembley final of the Silk
Cut National Country Song Contest of Great Britain.
This success inspired him to record a second album, from
which two of his songs won the Country Music section of
the Fourth and Fifth International Song Contests held in
County Cavan, Ireland in 1980 and 1981 respectively.
A year
later he again pursued a solo career and entered the
MCSF in Nashville, Tennessee - a Worldwide Songwriting
Contest - and was awarded a Musical Diploma for reaching
the final 100 from tens of thousands of entrants. In
1989 he attained 25th position out of some 2 million who
submitted songs, and this gave him a second Musical
Diploma.
In 1990 he was one of the
featured acts at the Morecambe International Festival of
Country Music which was recorded for a BBC TV
Documentary.
Over the years he has
continued to both write and perform his own material,
appearing alongside many top international names of the
calibre of Frank Ifield, George Hamilton IV, Bill
Anderson, Billy Walker, Guy Mitchell, Ronnie Prophet and
Charlie Landsborough, as well as top British acts
including Poacher, Raymond Froggatt, The Hillsiders and
Dave Sheriff. |
In 2005 and 2006 he visited Nashville
and Memphis and this trip gave him new incentives and an
optimistic outlook on his songwriting career. He
realises the way forwards is to strive to be original in
his musical endeavours and to eventually promote his
songs worldwide.
His two albums available are
"Country And English" and "Brave Face". The title
track from his latest album is his first ever single and
is being promoted on the July edition of
Hotdisc, Europe's
leading promotional CD album, and this will undoubtedly
lead to more exposure and airplay throughout Europe and
Australia.
Martin Smith
Brave Face
Universal Sound
CD Review by
Paul Davis
Here's a wonderfully
outstanding, new-to-me, vocal talent. If you like
powerful, modern country-crooning laced with passion and
honesty, Martin is your man. A Cumbria, England native,
Martin is no mean songwriter either. Here's 12 little
self-penned gems from the very talented Martin who I'm
convinced deserves wider circulation so I gladly
recommend his heart-rending music to you accordingly.
Clearly, tried-and-tested (in more ways than one), he's
fully paid his dues, I'm sure. He comes up with an
engaging musical statement that is wholly down-to-basics
and conjures up the best of the genre in his individual
and independent stance. Country fans should check this
guy out. The top-class session includes Albert Lee
(guitars), Richard Nelson (steel) and such.
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For all enquiries please
contact Martin using the details below.
34 Kingsway
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 9AX
England
Phone: 01229 585295
martinsmithcountry@hotmail.co.uk
www.martinsmith.org.uk |
