Paul Metsers

Paul Metsers

Metsers at the 1981 Norwich Folk Festival, UK
Background information
Birth name Paul Theodore Metsers
Born (1945-11-27)27 November 1945
Noordwijk, Netherlands
Genres Folk
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instruments guitar, appalachian dulcimer, mandocello
Years active ca.1970-1989, 2010-present
Website http://www.paulmetsers.com/

Paul Metsers (born 27 November 1945) is New Zealand/UK folk songwriter and solo performer who toured the UK folk clubs extensively in the 1980s before effectively retiring in 1989. He released five albums of his own songs over that period; one of his most widely known songs is "Farewell to the Gold" which was also popularised by Nic Jones.

Biography

Paul Metsers was born in Noordwijk, the Netherlands in 1945. His family emigrated to New Zealand in 1952 and there he bought his first guitar and started writing songs, performing them locally until he decided to move to United Kingdom in 1980 and try to establish a reputation on the UK Folk club scene,[1] which he did successfully over the next several years, assisted by the popularity of one song in particular, "Farewell to the Gold" which as well as being performed by its writer was sung widely by the well known performer Nic Jones and included on the latter's 1980 album Penguin Eggs. Colin Irwin, music writer for Melody Maker, has described Metsers as "a songwriter of genuine depth and versatility".[2] Metsers released one album A Song For You on cassette in New Zealand followed by five in the UK on the Highway and Sagem labels, after which he decided to retire from professional performing in 1989. The Paul Metsers Songbook, published in 1986, contained many of the songs from his first four albums, plus one that would appear on Fifth Quarter. He currently lives in Cumbria in the English Lake District. Since 2010 he has been performing again on a limited basis,[3] and has a collection of new songs for eventual planned album release.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Metsers, Paul": biographical entry in Larkin, C. ed.: The Guinness Who's Who of Folk Music. Guinness Publishing, 1993 ISBN 085112741X
  2. ↑ Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre: Paul Metsers
  3. ↑ Paul Metsers News
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