reviews of the new CD -

"All songs show a mastery of words that create vivid pictures and believable characters ... It's all put together with skill and passion ... Martyn's fiddle playing is excellent, but a bit too wild for me at times ... A well produced CD with extensive sleeve notes and photographs."  
Theo Thomas, Unicorn Folk Magazine, Spring 2007

"Typically thoughtful, warmly sung with exemplary diction and featuring his skilful fiddling ... The title comes from the track called 'The Fiddler' and very entertaining it is too ... Other striking tracks include 'Nothing To Fear', with its lilting melancholy, and 'Bam Bam's Last Note', a haunting setting of the last words of an 18 year old heroin addict ... This is an album that affords a deal of enjoyable listening."
Pat Nightingale, Folk London, Feb/March 2007

"The CD is deeply rooted in the English folk/singer-songwriter tradition. I think Martyn Oram is at his best in the more sober ballads like 'Nothing To Fear' or 'Wherewithal' which are very pure and honest songs....This is a nice album with some nice songs which I really enjoy."
Eelco Schilder, Folkworld 33, Germany, June 2007

"A very adaptable writer and musician, hard to pigeonhole .... his latest album is best exemplified in the thoughtful, punchy acoustics of 'Good Times', the uplifting mandolin-led 'Kissing Polka' and the carefully crafted love song 'Twenty Years'."          Rock 'n' Reel Issue 3

Martyn is also a member of the London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra (2009 folk festivals : Skagen (DK), Deerlycke (B), Fylde and Banbury !)

Zany Humour, Great Music, and High Energy  !!!

colourful celtic, cajun, klezmer, cossack, countryblues and comedy     Check www.lpso.co.uk for info, photos, reviews etc !

London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra  Dates 2009 : Jan 17 - Redbourn Hall, Herts Feb 6 - Corner House Theatre, Tolworth, London Feb 7 - Whitley Methodist Church, Wilts Feb 11 - Soulby Hall, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria Feb 12 - Edmundbyers Hall, Co. Durham Feb 13 - Frosterley Hall, Co. Durham Feb 14 - Mungrisdale Hall, Cumbria Feb 15 - Croglin Hall, Cumbria Feb 20 - Newton Tony Memorial Hall, Wilts Feb 21 - Wilberforce Hall, Brighstone, I of Wight March 5 - Nicholforest Hall, Penton, Cumbria March 6 - Haydon Bridge Community Centre, Hexham, Northumberland March 7 - Stakeford and Bomarsund Welfare Centre, Choppington, Northumberland March 11 - Tower Arts Centre, Winchester March 27 - Upavon Hall, Wilts March 28 - Radnor Hall, Bodenham, Wilts April 2 - Eden Project, Lindley Hall, London April 3 - Phoenix Theatre, Bordon, Hants April 4 (afternoon) - Wedding (private), Essex April 17 - Bridgewater Arts Centre April 25 - St Mathew's Church, Gillingham May 29 - Senator Neumann Heim, Hamburg, Germany May 30 - Theater im Fischereihafen, Bremerhaven, Germany May 31 - Brauhaus, Buxtehude, Germany June 1 - Club Wunderbar, Lüneburg, Germany June 3 - Deutsches Haus, Appel, Germany June 4 - Cotton Club, Hamburg, Germany June 13 - Rondo Theatre, Bath   July 2, 3, 4, 5 - Skagen Festival, Denmark July 11 - Cambridge Big Weekend July 12 - Weston-Super-Mare Festival Aug 1 - Goodworth Clatford Hall, Hants (6pm) Aug 22 - Deerlycke Festival, Belgium Sept 4, 5 - Fylde Folk Festival Sept 25 - Old Chapel Comm. Centre, Cross Houses, Shropshire Sept 26 - Habberley Hall, Shropshire Oct 2 - Church Lawford Hall, Warwks Oct 3 - Barlaston Hall, Staffs Oct 10 - Banbury Folk Festival Oct 16 - Breadsall Hall, Derbys Oct 17 - Marchington Hall, Staffs Nov 7 - Elford Hall, Staffs Nov 21 - St John's Church, Hayfield, Derbys Nov 29 - Water Rats Ball, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London Jan 16, 2010 - Pamber Heath Hall, Hants Jan 29, 2010 - Mavesyn Ridware Hall, Staffs Feb 12, 2010 - Phoenix Theatre, Bordon, Hants Feb 26, 2010 - Grange Hall, Southam, Warwks Feb 27 , 2010 - Little Wolford Hall, Warwks March 6, 2010 - Sparsholt Memorial Hall, Hants March 12 , 2010 - Shrewley Hall, Warwks March 13 , 2010 - Upper Town Social Centre, Derbys March 26, 2010 - Youlgrave Hall, Derbys March 27, 2010 - Wine Makers Guild, Dunstable April 14-17, 2010 - Devon, (venues tbc)

Solo, or with Waterfall, Walter or the LPSO, the last 25 years have been filled with variety - festivals, concerts, theatres, pubs, clubs, art galleries, theme parks, ferries, airports and museums !
from Edward Heath’s 80th Birthday Party to the Water Rats’ Annual Ball (6 times), from the flight deck of HMS Glasgow in the Caribbean, to a train carrying cast members to Brookside’s 500th episode party.
From the Shetlands to the Scilly's, through Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Australia, Central America and the USA.