INTERVIEWDom Martin
“My father held me over a guitar the day I was born and I just kicked it and scratched it and cried on it. And it’s been that way for 31 years…” While this sounds like a voiceover at the beginning of a biopic, it may well end up that way if Belfast blueser Dom Martin’s career trajectory remains on its current course.
Fresh from a UK tour supporting Eric Gales, armed with a partscaster Tele and backed by bass player Dave Thompson and drummer Laurence McKeown in the classic blues-rock power-trio format, Dom delivered performances that garnered praise from fans and critics alike. The tour embellished an already impressive list of endorsements and awards, but that’s not all. Dom is also a seriously good acoustic guitarist with a string of plaudits to his name in that field as well, including Best Solo Acoustic Act in the 2019 European Blues Awards.
With influences that include Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan stamped on every note he plays, Dom’s future is
