- Martha Tilston【 41 songs in total 】
- Martha Tilston is an English folk-based singer-songwriter.
Martha Tilston is the daughter of singer-songwriter Steve Tilston and stepdaughter of Irish folk performer Maggie Boyle. Trained as an artist and dramatist, she began her musical career in 2000 as an active presence in Britain's alternative festival scene, particularly as part of the travelling troupe called the Small World Solar Stage. She formed the duo Mouse with guitarist Nick Marshall, releasing two albums, Helicopter Trees (2000) and Mouse Tales (2001) and touring as a supporting act with Damien Rice. Her first solo album, Rolling, was issued in 2002 on her own label, Squiggly, followed by Bimbling in 2004.
Tilston's next album, Ropeswing (2005), featured an expanded group of backing musicians named The Woods and was available as a free download. It contains her two most politically explicit songs, 'Artificial', which speaks of the deadliness of office life, and 'Corporations', which is a critique of corporate rule and the corporate-education complex. She has also appeared on several compilations, including her song 'The Saddest Game' about child soldiers in Africa on The Big Issue's Peace Not War CD. Her song 'Good World' is among several that she has written and performed on environmental subjects. However, much of her work is not political, focusing instead on personal freedom, love, inner peace and the natural world. Songs such as 'Simple' on Ropeswing, 'By the Lake' on Mouse Tales and 'Firefly' on Bimbling are examples of these.
Tilston's album Of Milkmaids and Architects was released in late 2006. She was nominated for Best New Act in the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards contest.
Throughout her career Tilston has played regularly throughout Britain, ranging from unaccompanied solo gigs to larger concerts with up to six-piece backing band The Woods. She also toured Australia in 2008. Following a maternity break she resumed playing live in April 2009, appearing on the fourth Zero 7 studio album Yeah Ghost.
Tilston released two albums of largely self-penned songs (Lucy and the Wolves in 2010 and Machines of Love And Grace in 2012). In 2014, she released an album The Sea consisting of traditional English folk songs about the sea, largely reflecting her family's strong musical traditions and involving her family and friends in the performances.
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350 Bells(Provided)
2010
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Artificial (Live at the Union Chapel)
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Artificial
2007
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Brighton Song
2004
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Fire Wood
2004
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Firefly
2004
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Golden (Live at the Union Chapel)
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Golden
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Good World (Live at the Union Chapel)
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Good World
2007
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Lucy(Provided)
2010
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Mary and the Prince
2004
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Milkmaid
2007
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Music of the Moon
2007
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My Chair
2010
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Night Rambling
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Old Tom Cat(Provided)
2010
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Polly Vaughan
2007
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Red (Live at the Union Chapel)
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Red
2004
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Rockpools
2010
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Scientist
2007
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Seabirds(Provided)
2010
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Seagull (Live at the Union Chapel)
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Seagull
2004
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Searching For Lambs(Provided)
2010
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Silver Dagger
2007
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Songs That Make Sophie Fizz
2007
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Space (Live at the Union Chapel)
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Space
2004
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Sprig of Thyme
2004
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Stags Bellow
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The Architect
2007
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The Cape
2010
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The Saddest Game
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The Tulip Effect
2007
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Wave Machine(Provided)
2010
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Who Turns(Provided)
2010
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Wild Swimming
2010
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Winter Flowers (Live at the Union Chapel)
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Winter Flowers
2007