Toby Martin (born 5 August 1975), is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, academic, and lecturer at New York University Sydney. Martin is the grandson of Hungarian-born Australian poet David Martin and has a PhD in the history of Australian music from the University of Sydney. After fronting Sydney-based band Youth Group from 1996-2009, Martin developed his solo career, releasing his first album, 'Love's Shadow' in 2012.Martin's PhD thesis, published in 2012, is titled "Yodelling boundary riders : country music in Australia, 1936-2010".