Barrett Martin

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Barrett Martin
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Martin with Walking Papers at Rock im Park 2014
Background information
Born (1967-04-14) April 14, 1967 (age 57)
Olympia, Washington, U.S.
Origin Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genres Alternative rock, modern jazz, jazz fusion, delta blues, grunge
Occupation(s)Drummer, producer, composer, author, ethnomusicologist
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion
Years active1987–present
Website barrettmartin.com

Barrett Harrington Martin [1] (born April 14, 1967) is an American drummer and record producer from Washington. He is perhaps best known for his work with the alternative rock bands Screaming Trees and Mad Season. He was also a member of Skin Yard, Tuatara, and Walking Papers, and has performed as a session musician for many artists in a variety of genres. As a producer, he has won one Latin Grammy and has been nominated in two other categories. As an ethnomusicologist, he has produced two albums for the Shipibo Shamans in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, and one album for the Neets'ai Gwich'in in the Alaskan Arctic.

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Biography

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Martin in 2006

Martin was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, [2] and studied music for two years at Western Washington University before dropping out and moving to Seattle to join that city's late-1980s alternative rock scene. [3] He later earned bachelor's and master's degrees in ethnomusicology from the University of New Mexico [4] graduating Summa Cum Laude

Martin joined Skin Yard in 1990 and played on their fourth and fifth studio albums. [5] While still a member of Skin Yard, Martin was recruited by Screaming Trees and played on their successful 1992 album Sweet Oblivion . [6] He then joined Screaming Trees full-time and remained with that band until it split in 2000. In the meantime, Martin formed the grunge supergroup Mad Season with Mike McCready, Layne Staley, and Baker Saunders; that band released the album Above in 1995, after which the members returned to their full-time bands. [7] Martin formed another supergroup, Tuatara, in 1996 with Peter Buck; Martin produced nine albums with this group until it split in 2014. [8]

Martin was ordained as a Zen monk in 2000, [9] and started the company Sunyata Records & Books (now known as Sunyata Media) in 2001. [10] He began recording as Barrett Martin Group in 2004, and has released ten studio albums under that name. [11] He was appointed adjunct professor of ethnomusicology at Antioch University-Seattle from 2010 to 2017. [4]

Martin formed the supergroup Walking Papers with Jeff Angell and Duff McKagan in 2012, and played on that band's first two albums. [12] In 2013 he started writing a music and culture blog for The Huffington Post , [13] and frequently writes for Riot Material. [14] Martin won the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award in 2014 for his writing. [15] He formed yet another supergroup, Levee Walkers, with McKagan and McCready in 2016. [16]

In 2016, Martin produced the album Jardim-Pomar by Brazilian musician Nando Reis, which won a Latin Grammy the following year. [17] In 2017, Martin published the book The Singing Earth, recounting his musical experiences in multiple genres and nations. [18] His second book The Way of the Zen Cowboy was published in 2019. [19] In recent years he has produced albums for CeDell Davis (Even The Devil Gets The Blues) [20] and Ayron Jones [21] Joy Harjo (I Pray For My Enemies), Hector Tellez Jr. His third book The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn't: The Story Of The Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-Raising Band To Ever Come Out Of The Pacific Northwest, The Screaming Trees was released in 2023.

Discography

Barrett Martin Group

  • The Painted Desert – 2004
  • Earthspeaker – 2006
  • Zenga – 2009
  • Atlas – 2011
  • Artifact – 2012
  • Transcendence – 2018
  • Songs of the Firebird – 2019
  • Indwell – 2019
  • Stillpoint – 2020

Mad Season

  • Above – 1995
  • Above (Deluxe Edition) – 2013

Screaming Trees

Shipibo Shamans

  • Woven Songs Of The Amazon – 2006
  • Woven Songs Of The Amazon II – 2019

Skin Yard

Tuatara

Walking Papers

Others

Film soundtracks

  • Deceiver – 1998
  • The Best Men – 1999
  • Lush – 1999
  • The Fog Ravens – 2003
  • Ausangate – 2006
  • Woven Songs of the Amazon – 2006
  • The Last Bluesman – 2022

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References

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  2. ↑ "Barrett Martin Pays Respect to the History of Sound on 'Scattered Diamonds'". Jake Uitti. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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  13. ↑ Music and the Politics of Resistance Huffington Post Retrieved January 23, 2013
  14. ↑ "Barrett Martin, Author at Riot Material". Riot Material. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Barrett Martin - Sunyata Records". Sunyata Records. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  16. ↑ Reed, Ryan (November 2, 2017). "Guns N' Roses, Pearl Jam Supergroup: Hear Cathartic New Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  17. ↑ Latin Grammy win by Seattle musicians Jack Endino and Barrett Martin highlights Seattle-Brazil connection Seattle Times Retrieved November 21, 2017
  18. ↑ "Barrett Martin Releases The Singing Earth Book". Modern Drummer Magazine. July 17, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  19. ↑ "The Way Of The Zen Cowboy av Barrett Martin (Häftad)". Bokus.com (in Swedish). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  20. ↑ "CeDell Davis: Even The Devil Gets The Blues". HuffPost. September 6, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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  22. ↑ "New Music from Hector Tellez Jr (with Peter Buck & Barrett Martin)". R.E.M. December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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