Born Martin Aelred Colgan in Glasgow, Martin Aelred was raised in Australia where his family moved when he was only one year old. He went on to study flamenco and classical guitar in Scotland under the teachings of the legendary French virtuoso Manitas de Plata. Following in his footsteps Martin Aelred restructured his musical compositions to be more classically based which included tributes dedicated to likes of Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Jacques Henri Lartique.

He has carved a niche for himself as an opera singer and also plays the classical guitar, cello, piano , violin and numerous other instruments. He can sing fluently in Italian, Spanish and French.

He’s back with a new song, ‘Tam O Shanter‘, the lead single off his forthcoming album. The track was conceived as the final song to a proposed TV Series soundtrack about Robert Burns and a tribute to the late Billy Mackenzie of The Associates.