Friday, December 1, Jeffrey Martin will perform as a guest at Unity of the Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd, for a concert that begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $17.50/$20 and available at www.eventbrite.com or Tsunami Books.

The stories hit hard, because we know we may not be far off from them ourselves in this time of uncertainty. There’s a sense of hope too, the kind of hope that Martin instilled in his students, encouraging them to follow their dreams no matter the cost. It’s this hope that in turn inspired him to leave his teaching to become a full-time musician, for how could he encourage this in his students if he wasn’t willing to do it himself? Now that he’s left the day job behind, Jeffrey Martin tours hard, and he’s become known on the West Coast Americana scene as a kind of songwriter’s songwriter, a writer that other artists turn to for inspiration.

“Dogs in the Daylight is as close to a masterpiece as a folk album by an emerging singer-songwriter can get.” – No Depression
“One Go Around is the poetry of America.” – No Depression
“Very Powerful Music.” – Impose