Martin Lloyd Howard

Martin Howard is an English guitarist, originally trained in the classical tradition who has expanded over the years into folk, blues and rock. His main instrument is a fifty year old, hand built classical guitar, but he also plays electric, steel string acoustic and slide guitar. He specialises in original instrumental music featuring electric and acoustic guitars. Much of his work centres around creating a sense of place or mood through his instrumental composition. This has included pieces which conjure up moonlit nights, mist on the Scottish highlands and church bells in the English countryside. These works often use his vintage classical guitar, but some feature steel string guitars in alternate tunings such as DADGAD. Martin has collaborated with a number of other artists, notably Mark Johnson, leader of the Kent based band The Midnight River Crew fusing Martin’s intricate guitar arrangements and Mark’s established singer songwriter credentials. They released an album of original indie rock, folk and blues material under the title of The Stories We Tell on 18th August 2026. He is working with Mark now on new material.