Martin Ledner & The Haunted Folk

These guys blew us away when they played their debut here in April, so naturally we had to get them back as asap!

The Haunted Folk are Kent based collective fronted by Martin Ledner who has been performing every year since 1974. They play original folk songs, ballads and shanties written by Martin in the English traditional style.
While the songs are rooted in the past they deal with themes relevant to the 21st century. They are not sugar coated ditties of some distant bucolic idle, they are stark reminders of how the past is not dissimilar to the present in social inequalities, hopes, fears, work and love.
The songs are raucous; they are tender; you can clap and stamp your feet; you immerse yourself in the stories. Martin has released 8 solo albums and 1 live album featuring The Haunted Folk ‘A Free and Easy Garland’.

fROOTS MAGAZINE ***
‘’Twisting folk songs to be grittier reflections of themselves…lyrically there’s bags of research and wit…’’

R2 MAGAZINE ***
“Ledner’s voice is passionately world-weary…but is unbowed and all the stronger for it – the ideal voice.”

MAVERICK MAGAZINE ****
“Folk-rock with a nice modern twist from the mainstay of the London folk scene…a very accomplished.”

KM THE VIBE
“I found myself enjoying this cd- simply because it told some awesome stories.”

Doug Welch, ‘Kent Folk’,
‘A great collection of songs’

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