{{Short description|New Zealand musician}} {{About|the New Zealand musician|the American general and politician|Newton Martin Curtis}} {{BLP primary sources|date=July 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Martin Curtis | image = MartinCurtis.jpg | origin = Central Otago, New Zealand | genre = Folk | years_active = 1970's - present | label = Gin & Raspberry Records | website = https://www.martincurtis.co.nz/ }}'''Martin Curtis''' is a New Zealand singer / songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-14 |title=Musical Chairs - Martin Curtis |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/musicalchairs/audio/201858519/musical-chairs-martin-curtis |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=RNZ (Radio New Zealand) |language=en-nz}}</ref> who has released over 12 albums<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albums & DVD |url=https://www.martincurtis.co.nz/albums-dvd |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=www.martincurtis.co.nz |language=en-US}}</ref> in a career spanning 5 decades. He has toured extensively nationally and internationally, particularly in the United Kingdom, as well as Australia, Hong Kong, Austria, Norway and Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.martincurtis.co.nz/biography |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=www.martincurtis.co.nz |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Biography== Curtis has released over 12 albums. His 1982 debut album, ''Gin & Raspberry'', is recognised by the New Zealand Recording Industry Association as the best-selling New Zealand folk music album. His 2008 album ''Sea to Summit'' was a finalist for the 2009 Tui Award for the best New Zealand folk music album of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haggart |first=Matthew |date=2009-01-24 |title=Folk musician's chance for glory |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/music/folk-musicians-chance-glory |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Otago Daily Times Online News |language=en}}</ref>
He ran the Cardrona Folk Festival from 1977 to 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Marjorie |date=2022-10-24 |title=Folk festival organiser signs off after 46 years |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/folk-festival-organiser-signs-after-46-years |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Otago Daily Times Online News |language=en}}</ref> and in 2024 hosted the inaugural Earnscleugh Folk Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Marjorie |date=2024-09-14 |title=Event an intimate 'revival' of past folk music festivals |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/event-intimate-%E2%80%98revival%E2%80%99-past-folk-music-festivals |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Otago Daily Times Online News |language=en}}</ref> He is also responsible for organising many tours of New Zealand by top folk musicians, mainly from Britain, but including Eric Bogle from Australia and Jeremy Taylor from South Africa.
==Albums== * 1982: Gin & Raspberry * 1985: Back from the Hills * 1990: The Daisy Patch * 1994: Save the Wilderness * 1996: Off to the Dry Cardrona * 1998: Below the High Country * 2000: Let's Sing a Kiwi Song (children's album) * 2002: Beyond a Climber's Moon * 2004: Otago, My Home (DVD) * 2008: Sea to Summit * 2013: Live at Greendale * 2017: Where the Peaks Meet the Skies * 2018: High in the Himalaya * 2018: The Sound of the Warning
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==External links== * {{official|www.martincurtis.co.nz}} * Earnscleugh Folk Festival: https://www.martincurtis.co.nz/earnscleugh-folk-festival * Cardrona Folk Festival: https://www.martincurtis.co.nz/cardrona-folk-festival-commemorative-album
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