Biography

*Dom Martin to represent the U.K. at the 2022 International Blues Challenge . Dom Martin from Belfast has shot to prominence in the UK/European Blues and singer/songwriter scenes resulting in a European Blues Award for Best Solo/Acoustic Act 2019 and Best Acoustic Artist 2020/21 in the UK Blues Awards. Dom released his debut album “Spain to Italy” in 2019 which received rave reviews from UK/Europe and the USA. Dom in 2019 played many major festivals throughout Ireland/UK, made his mainland European debut in Switzerland and played a 5 show tour in Moscow. In early 2020 (before Covid-19) he completed a further UK and European Tour. He has quickly become a name “on the circuit” and is in high demand following 5 consecutive BBC Radio live interviews/sessions in a 14 month period. With two highly successful UK tours also completed in 2019 (35 shows in all) this young Belfast man is surely another fine product of the Northern Ireland "music factory" BBC presenter Cerys Matthews - “absolutely wonderful stuff.” bluespowr.com - 'Spain to Italy is not just one of the best debut releases we’ve heard in some time but among the best albums we’ve heard from any artist this year' makingascene.org - 'The likes of Dom’s talent only comes around once in a lifetime' Blues in Britain Magazine - "Now and again you stumble across a rare talent of such sheer genius that you actually wonder whether what you have witnessed can possibly be for real. Dom Martin is one such talent" www.dommart.in