With an extensive repertoire culled from the rich folk traditions of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales along with his own original songs, Martyn Wylde continues the legacy of the minstrels of olde. You can see and hear him perform live - with Wyldefyre, with Celtic Mayhem or on his own - at a faire, festival or pub near you.
Martyn's signature fingerstyle guitar and pure tenor voice have been featured on three Wyldefyre CDs, including the just released Have Another. His own CD, Minstrel's Lament, has just been completed. Featuring both traditional and original material, it is truly a solo CD, in that Martyn plays all the instruments (six and twelve-string guitars, bass, octave mandolin/bouzouki, percussion) and sings all the parts.
"... the consummate minstrel."
"The guitar playing is strikingly original and the harmony vocals are outstanding. "
"... like being transported back in time to medieval England."
Copyright 2006 Mark Belenson. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome!
Founding member of popular renaissance faire act Wyldefyre, Martyn Wylde has been a professional musician and actor for almost 40 years. His smooth tenor and astonishing 3 1/2 octave vocal range had him headed for a career in music from an early age. Rock music, particularly the “British Invasion” of the mid-1960s radically changed the direction that career was to take.
Martyn's driving, yet melodic basslines and upper register vocal harmonies kept him in demand as a studio and touring musician for over three decades. In 2000 he ended a nearly ten year long stint with southern rockers Bandit, after recording three CDs and touring extensively with the group, to try his hand at yet another musical genre; the folk music of the British Isles.
Martyn Wylde performs at renaissance, medieval, pirate and Celtic fairs and festivals, pubs and clubs, house concerts, corporate events and period weddings.
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Martyn's solo CD
Minstrel's Lament
is now available!
