Toby Martin

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Toby Martin (born 5 August 1975), is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, academic, and lecturer at New York University Sydney.[1] Martin is the grandson of Hungarian-born Australian poet David Martin and has a PhD in the history of Australian music from the University of Sydney.[2] After fronting Sydney-based band Youth Group from 1996-2009, Martin developed his solo career, releasing his first album, 'Love's Shadow' in 2012.

Martin's PhD thesis, published in 2012, is titled "Yodelling boundary riders : country music in Australia, 1936-2010".[3]

Early Life and Career

Martin was born in Melbourne and grew up in the Frankston area. At 15, he moved to Canberra attending school at Narrabundah College with Cameron Emerson-Elliott, (a future co-member of the band Youth Group), where they wrote songs together as The Morris Brothers.[4] Martin moved to Sydney some years later, joining the band Poxsii Barccs with Andy Strachan, Gary Hopper and Paul Inglis. In 1996 he formed Youth Group and the band later achieved success with their cover version of 'Forever Young' by Alphaville which made no 1 on Australian record charts.[5]

Academic Career

Martin is currently a lecturer at New York University Sydney.[6] He teaches a class entitled "Australian Studies: the Australian Imagination," a required class that all NYU Sydney students must take as part of their curriculum at the university's Sydney campus.

Touring

With Youth Group, Martin has toured extensively in Australia, as well as the US, Canada and UK. In 2012 he toured solo down Australia's East Coast supporting Sarah Blasko's trio, Seeker Lover Keeper.

Awards

Martin's band Youth Group were nominated for four Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards in 2006.

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty - NYU Sydney". Retrieved 10 March 2013. 
  2. ↑ Buck, Robbie. "The Inside Sleeve: Youth Group's Toby Martin talking early Australian country.". Australian Broadcasting Commission. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Sydney eScholarship Repository". University of Sydney. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  4. ↑ Martin, Toby. "About". Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  5. ↑ Murfett, Andrew (5 Aug 2008). "Young Love". Fairfax,. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Faculty - NYU Sydney". Retrieved 10 March 2013. 

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