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Other Links: Last Updated: 21 January 2016
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Martin Curtis, New Zealand Singer and Songwriter, lives in Cardrona in the foothills of the Southern Alps, a place
that has become the inspiration behind much of his music. He has been writing and singing songs about his adopted country for
over 30 years, and has recorded and released 10 albums, many of them celebrating
New Zealand and the people who helped make it what it is today. He has toured
extensively nationally and internationally – particularly in the United
Kingdom – as well as Australia, Hong Kong, Austria, Norway and even Nepal. Martin’s latest studio album was released in June 2008. Called Sea to Summit, it is a collection of original
songs about New Zealand, composed both by Martin and several of his good
friends. It was a finalist in the Tui awards for
Folk Album of the Year 2008. December 2003 saw the release of his first DVD called Otago My Home. This is a
project that Martin was working on for some considerable time with a
professional cameraman from Wanaka. This is a video of some of his Central
Otago material, and is set and filmed in the very surroundings that inspired
the songs. One of Martin’s recent endeavours has been presenting his successful Lets Sing a Kiwi Song programme to school students
throughout New Zealand as well as overseas. If you would like to know more, browse the links on the left, or
alternatively contact Martin. LATEST NEWS: April 2015: To coincide with the
centenary of the Gallipoli landings, we have finally had the album The Daisy Patch
remastered and released on CD. This album was only ever produced in cassette
form in 1990 and yet was a finalist in the Pepsi New Zealand Music Awards
(now known as the Tui awards). The title track is
Martin’s tribute song to the New Zealanders who fought in this disastrous
campaign. 2013: New double-CD of live
material: Live at Greendale released
November 2013. 2013: Martin’s original best-selling
album Gin &
Raspberry has been digitally remastered and is now available on
CD. This album is considered a classic in New Zealand folk music history and
orders are already coming in from fans whose vinyl or cassette copies are
worn out!
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