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"Martin's tunes provide the perfect vehicle
for his well crafted words… The effectiveness of his songs lie in their very
simplicity."
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Stringybark & Greenhide - Australia
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"Superbly written songs…..Martin Curtis
presents another alternative to the music of New
Zealand - music that is unlikely to get any
airplay on commercial radio stations, and yet thoroughly deserves to."
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The Press - Christchurch,
N.Z.
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""Curtis finds the very essence of New
Zealand."
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The West Australian - Perth
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"New
Zealand is a beautiful land of bewildering
contrasts. Drive through Christchurch and you
could be in the heart of Southern England.
Head south-west and you're in the Scottish glens, with Switzerland
just next door and Norway
a few miles beyond. One minute it's all so familiar, the next you're trying
to read the stars in a totally strange sky and the moon is upside down…Martin
Curtis's own songs embody this feeling of closeness and distance, of
Europeans uprooted to seek a new life on the opposite side of the world. He
sings of times past and present, from the days of the Gin & Raspberry
mine to the battles of the Nineties. He has added hilarious bush poems and
old New Zealand
songs...to create a fascinating, captivating repertoire."
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South Wales Echo - Cardiff,
UK
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"Martin Curtis sings the vocals in a pleasing
true-toned voice. The music must be given high ranking." |
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Otago Daily Times - N.Z. |
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"Martin's songs fit into the scenery - his
pieces are weathered and comfortable, sounding as though they have been
around longer than they have. You find yourself humming these songs after
just a couple of plays, and a day or two later curse the ones that won't go
away." |
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Taplas - Cardiff, UK |
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"Priscilla Herdman presented excellent
contemporary folk songs by Australian Eric Bogle, Canadian Stan Rogers
and New Zealander Martin Curtis. These songs boast a classic folk simplicity and
are easy enough to pick up so that most of the audience spontaneously joined
in the choruses." |
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