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Updated: 5 June 2020
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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. If you
would like to know more, browse the links on the left, or alternatively contact Martin. LATEST NEWS: July 2020: The long-awaited album of Marcus Turner performing live
at the Cardrona Folk Festival. Further details here. July
2020: all CD’s have now been reduced in price to
$20 plus postage and packing at $5.30 (1 album). For multiple orders, please contact us for
a quote on postage and packing costs. 2018: Martin’s top selling wildlife album “Save the Wilderness”
from 1994 has finally sold out. As the theme of protecting our native
wildlife and environment is ongoing, and more crucial than ever, we have released
a new compilation album called The Sound of
the Warning. Incorporating 8 tracks from “Wilderness” it includes 5
newer tracks about this country’s birds which were written after the original
album was released. Already proving a good seller. 2018: Also new to the album catalogue is a compilation of all
Martin’s songs about his visits to the Himalayas since he first visited Mt
Everest in 1997. Called High in the
Himalaya, it covers several of the countries of this magical part of
the planet and particularly Bhutan, land of “Gross National Happiness” where
he has been 9 times. 2017: Martin’s latest studio album Where
the Peaks meet the Skies was released and is another
collaboration between him and long
time friend and musician Graham Wardrop. As
with all his previous albums the overlying theme is material about New
Zealand, with a few songs about other parts of the planet that Martin also
loves dearly. 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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