Martin Newell

Biography

Martin Newell, born in Harpenden in 1953, is an English singer-songwriter and poet best known for Cleaners from Venus, the home recorded project he began in 1980 and has run as a solo vehicle since 1988. A pioneer of cassette culture and jangle pop, he writes literate, melodic guitar songs, heard on solo albums such as 'The Greatest Living Englishman' and across the Cleaners from Venus catalogue reissued by #Captured Tracks#. He is also a published poet, columnist and gardener.