Martin Sexton is a kind of Walt Whitman of American music. He is a self-taught singer-songwriter out of Syracuse, NY who made his chops playing for change on the streets of Boston. Now he’s on the biggest tour of his career, filling halls from the Roseland Ballroom in New York to The Fillmore in San Francisco.
Sexton's got a big voice, a big heart and a big sense of humor. He wants it all, and sings it all -- pouring it into a big parade of blues and folk, country and rock.
 His fans come in happy and leave blissed out. The word they use again and again to describe him is "soul." Sexton obviously has got plenty of it.
Listen to an On Point conversation with Sexton about his music.
Have you followed the music and career of Martin Sexton up from his scrappy street days? Have you seen him on tour this year? What’s the magic?



