MARTIN LEDNER

My journey is long.
It began when I was fifteen.
I had wanted to be a Playwright .

There was no romantic start, no long line of singers and performers; I was the first in my family.

I love my journey.

At times I wish that I could travel like others do but I know that will never happen.

I can’t fabricate my origins to create some bucolic ‘folk’ childhood; I wouldn’t want to anyway. I look to the future.

The past only exits in my songs, little historical dramas and in my recordings.
I write and perform for my own enjoyment, if others like what I do I am truly grateful.

It’s all just escapism.

Martin Ledner is a masterful songwriter, storyteller and narrator. We first met at The Egerton Folk Club, a stone's throw from his 1800's cottage in the Garden of England, Kent, in 2007.

Anticipating a quiet evening in the most traditional of English pubs, a local ale or two, and little gentle folk song, up steps Martin Ledner. I was instantly taken aback, not least by the raw power of his of delivery, but by his exquist lyrical dexterity.

Ledner possesses the rare ability to transport the listener to an otherwise unreachable time and place. Not just to paint the picture, but to open the door to a world and show you around, then deliver you home, like the memory of a lucid dream.

His unwavering passion for his beloved country, expressed with an instinctive abilily to manipulate traditional melody