Background
Martin is the grandson of Hungarian-born Australian poet David Martin and has a Doctor of Philosophy in the history of Australian music from the University of Sydney.
Martin is the grandson of Hungarian-born Australian poet David Martin and has a Doctor of Philosophy in the history of Australian music from the University of Sydney.
Martin"s Doctor of Philosophy thesis, published in 2012, is titled "Yodelling boundary riders: country music in Australia, 1936–2010".
After fronting Sydney-based band Youth Group from 1996 to 2009, Martin developed his solo career, releasing his first album, Love"s Shadow in 2012. Martin was born in Melbourne and grew up in the Frankston area. Martin moved to Sydney some years later, joining the band Poxsii Barccs with Andy Strachan, Gary Hopper and Paul Inglis.
Martin is currently a lecturer at the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom, where he teaches songwriting to Bachelor of Music music students, as well as Popular Composition and Arranging to Bachelor Music Technology and Popular Music students.
With Youth Group, Martin has toured extensively in Australia, as well as the United States, Canada and United Kingdom. In 2012 he toured solo down Australia"s East Coast supporting Sarah Blasko"s trio, Seeker Lover Keeper.
At 15, he moved to Canberra attending school at Narrabundah College with Cameron Emerson-Elliott, (a future co-member of the band Youth Group), where they wrote songs together as The Morris Brothers.