Winner of the Scottish Awards for New Music for innovation in New Traditional Music, the GRIT Orchestra is bound to push the limits of genre and Celtic culture.More Info...
Martyn Bennett's track Blackbird, from the album GRIT, is being performed at the closing ceremony of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.More Info...
Kirsty Matheson has been described as an “artistic polymath” by Tom Service on BBC Radio 3, who called her art a “jaw-dropping kaleidoscope of images”.More Info...
Two incredible orchestral nights for CC 2020... More Info...
This video was the only track to receive MTV treatment... More Info...
It's 20 years since, arguably, his best album... More Info...
Martyn Bennett GRIT... Available on vinyl for the first time from Real World Records and Amazon – 2LP, 180g yellow vinyl, with digital download card... More Info...
An epic symphonic reimagining of the visionary GRIT, the final album by pioneering Scottish piper, fiddler and studio mixer Martyn Bennett, bringing together an 80-piece symphony... More Info...
We're looking at an album that links the old with the new, the traditional with the electronic, and it's Martyn Bennett's Bothy Culture. Released in 1997, Martyn's second... More Info...
A LAVISH tribute concert to the groundbreaking musician Martyn Bennett - staged 10 years after his death - has been named event of the year at Scotland’s traditional music Oscars.... More Info...
The opening night of this year’s Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow will feature a full orchestration of Martyn Bennett's last album, GRIT, by cross-genre classical violinist Greg Lawson... MORE INFO...
A STAGE show inspired by the life and legacy of a groundbreaking musician whose life was cut short by cancer at the age of just 33 has been named event of the year at the annual... MORE INFO...
Combining celebration with commemoration, Celtic Connections 2015 opens with the live world première of Martyn Bennett’s final masterpiece Grit, originally released in 2003, and... MORE INFO...
The Martyn Bennett Prize was open to all Scottish-based musicians to create a new five – ten minute long composition that showed its roots in traditional music. The winner received £2000 and... MORE INFO...
The Real World Gold reissue of Matyn Bennett's album GRIT features two bonus tracks. The first is a remix of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Sky Blue’, which Martyn had worked on at Peter’s request... MORE INFO...
An ambitious new cross-form, Scots-Canadian site specific production based on the inspiring life and music of one of Scotland's most innovative, pioneering and influential musicians; the tragically late ... MORE INFO...
For me, Martyn served as a gateway to a whole side of Scottish culture that , up to that point, I didn't know existed. As a young Scot I had long been looking for something amidst the tartantry and... MORE INFO...
Dr Gary West has kindly allowed us to post an excerpt about Martyn from his superb book 'Voicing Scotland'. We think this is one of the finest accounts of Martyn... MORE INFO...
A PIONEERING piper whose life was cut short at the age of just 33 is to be inuagurated into Scotland’s flagship music “hall of fame” seven years after his death. MORE INFO...
After several years in the making a new compilation of Martyn's music has finally been released in March 2012 featuring some of Martyn's best loved tunes plus previously unreleased tracks. MORE INFO...
Mary Ann Kennedy celebrates the work of groundbreaking musician and composer Martyn Bennett with special guests Kirsten Bennett, Barry Reid and Fraser Fifield. MORE INFO...
How did the cover come about? BJ Stewart, Martyn Bennett's official photographer, talks about the photoshoot, location and the inspiration behind the iconic image of Martyn. MORE INFO...
Click to view the image gallery showing photos of Martyn in concert and publicity shots. There are also several collections of artwork for albums and promotions. MORE INFO...
Drop your personal thoughts and best wishes on Martyn's Guestbook. Everyone at The Martyn Bennett Trust are always glad to hear what you have to say. MORE INFO...
Click here to view a comprehensive list of Martyn Bennett's main achievements. Studio recordings, Concerts and travels abroad are all covered. MORE INFO...
The MBT aims to reflect Martyn's vision of music through supporting performances, commissions, new recordings and educational projects. In setting up the MBT, we thought about Martyn's characteristics as a musician and as a person, and how we could reflect these in the projects we run and the events we hold. Among these characteristics are freedom, innovation and creativity, boldness, honesty, grit, breaking through boundaries, brilliant musicianship and a deep connection to... MORE INFO
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AYE: MARTYN BENNETT
A new compilation of Martyn's music has been released. MORE INFO
GLOBAL GATHERING
The work of musician and composer Martyn Bennett. MORE INFO
HALLAIG
"I am delighted that you would like to use it in your work.". MORE INFO
Sheila Stewart - A National Treasure
Born on July 7, 1937 in a stable that belonged... MORE INFO