It’s OK, I’m still laughing! Martin Praetorius
In Ireland, where he has made his home for the past two years, he has been called “the German with the Irish heart” (David Dee Moore Radio Show), “A Late Date favourite” (Fiachna Ó Braonáin, RTE Radio 1) or “One of our own” (Eoin O’Neill, Clare FM). Iain Anderson of BBC Radio Scotland called Martin Praetorius’ single Summer is gone “a powerful song”, and the praise goes on.
The Essen, Germany born singer-songwriter is a troubadour in the truest sense of the word. He has long been at home on the world’s stages, playing his music in Scandinavia, Ireland, England and Scotland, Europe, Greenland and the USA.
With a keen sense of the situation, Praetorius fuses a unique blend of folk-rock, Americana and Celtic influences into songs that aim point blank, straight at the heart.
He has released two albums under his own name, “Affairs of the heart” and “Tales from the feverworld”, on the German label POTTpeople.
The new album, “It’s Ok, I’m Still laughing!” was released on April 5th, 2024 and was promoted with a short tour of Ireland in May, which brought him to venues in Dublin, Cork, Dundalk and more. Restless as he seems to be, he then travelled to the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, US, to rehearse and perform with his long-time duo partner Jen Hajj as Transatlantic Trails. The duo is bound to record their own full-length debut album later this year.
listen to Martin Praetorius on bandcamp: https://martinpraetorius.bandcamp.com/music