Martha Cleary
Martha Cleary runs Music PR and Artist Management company Glow Artist. Glow strives to help artists grow through day-to-day management, campaign planning and press & radio promotions.
Martha started Glow in 2023 having spent six years at independent label Tru Thoughts, working across press and radio promotions and campaign management. Since the inception of Glow Artists, she has worked with a number of signed and independent artists, across promo, campaign consultancy, timeline management, network expansion and general industry advice and support. She is part of the Music Managers Forum 2024 Accelerator Programme.
While at Tru Thoughts she worked across campaigns for the likes of the Grammy Award-winning Hot 8 Brass Band, Moonchild (including their Grammy Award-nominated ‘Starfruit’ album), Quantic, Flowdan, Alice Russell, Nostalgia 77, Rebecca Vasmant, Sly5thAve, Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Steven Bamidele, and many more.
She has provided external social media management for Welsh trio The Bug Club during their 'Rare Birds' campaign and for the iconic New Orleans Hot 8 Brass Band across their performances at the Brit Awards, Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, on tour with George Ezra, and at the BBC 6Music Festival. Her experience in live artist liaison and event planning extends across events including Boomtown, We Out Here Festival, Love Supreme Festival, London’s Independent Label Market and The Great Escape Festival, as well as tours and international live dates.
As well as her work for Glow, Martha presents the Underlying Oddities radio show on 1BTN (Brighton) and Totally Wired Radio (London).
She has sat on/hosted panels at Love Supreme Festival and Brighton Music Conference, online with Somewhere Soul, and has appeared as a guest speaker providing insight on PR tactics and Campaign Management at The New School New York, University of Chichester, Buckinghamshire New University, Waterbear College and BIMM Brighton.