# Martha and the Muffins

Band · Toronto, ON

Martha and the Muffins are a Toronto new wave and art-pop band led by Martha Johnson and Mark Gane, known for Echo Beach and a recording history that also includes work under the name M + M.

## Links

- [Official site](http://marthaandthemuffins.com/)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5nWbdgU2jcFSbrPV7EAoLK)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/martha-and-the-muffins/1358220210)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/martha-the-muffins/14570579)

## Sources

- [Current official band site connecting the exact Martha and the Muffins identity, official channels, Muffin Music rights identity, and continuing 2025 music activity](http://marthaandthemuffins.com/) — 2026-07-16
- [April 2024 CBC report syndicated by Yahoo Canada documenting Martha Johnson and Mark Gane as active Martha and the Muffins members working from their Toronto home and releasing Slow Emotion](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/toronto-band-behind-80s-hit-090000376.html) — 2026-07-16
- [January 2025 Parkinson Canada account documenting current collaboration with Johnson and Gane, recording at their home studio, and the Toronto launch of Slow Emotion](https://www.parkinson.ca/how-i-became-a-muffin/) — 2026-07-16
- [Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame profile documenting Toronto identity, current core duo, formation, Echo Beach's 1981 Juno, 2023 song induction, and continuing songwriting and recording projects](https://www.cshf.ca/2023-blog-mark-gane-echo-beach/) — 2026-07-16
- [July 2025 Ludwig Van Toronto interview documenting current Toronto songwriter, composer, and recording activity by Martha and the Muffins co-founder Mark Gane](https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2025/07/10/interview-toronto-songwriter-composer-artist-mark-gane-talks-solo-album-garden-music/) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify artist 5nWbdgU2jcFSbrPV7EAoLK with new wave classification, provider media, and thirteen principal album and single containers available in Canada](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5nWbdgU2jcFSbrPV7EAoLK) — 2026-07-16
- [Collision-free Apple Music artist 1358220210 matching the current Martha and the Muffins catalogue from 2019 through 2024](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/martha-and-the-muffins/1358220210) — 2026-07-16
- [Collision-free Apple Music artist 14570579 matching the Toronto origin, 1977 formation, M + M history, core members, and legacy catalogue](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/martha-the-muffins/14570579) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify For What It's Worth single with January 19, 2024 date, The Confidence Emperors rights line, and UPC 803057088027](https://open.spotify.com/album/5m6jnB1WlsMqNO1ClelBU6) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Marthology album with November 5, 2021 date, thirteen tracks, Popguru rights line, and UPC 803057062829](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uHQlAfLyFkb94dFln8pQy) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Where Blue Meets Green album with July 28, 2017 date, fifteen tracks, Echo Beach rights line, and UPC 4015698012248](https://open.spotify.com/album/1VAkriDGA9byQnYy75rmgT) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify This Is The Ice Age album with 1981 date, eleven tracks, Dindisc rights line, and UPC 00724386073952](https://open.spotify.com/album/73tCFHKcBNnxsVQ5fvpcxJ) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Metro Music album with 1980 date, ten tracks, Virgin rights line, and UPC 00724354260155](https://open.spotify.com/album/3XyR0jp0zJGjhLJjnltNaX) — 2026-07-16
- [AllMusic Then Again: A Retrospective credits documenting Martha Johnson and Mark Gane as producers and mixers and the band as producer and primary artist](https://www.allmusic.com/album/then-again-a-retrospective-mw0000467956) — 2026-07-16
- [AllMusic artist reference documenting Toronto formation, active 1970s through 2020s status, new wave identity, membership, release history, and production credits](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/martha-and-the-muffins-mn0000368698) — 2026-07-16
- [MusicBrainz artist d0a4fd70-d8ab-442e-8fb0-f5608936dce3 used as an identity and release cross-check](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0a4fd70-d8ab-442e-8fb0-f5608936dce3) — 2026-07-16
- [Wikidata Q1467621 used only as a Canadian group, alternate-name, and official-site lead](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1467621) — 2026-07-16

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Profile: https://musiclist.ca/artist/martha-and-the-muffins
Last checked: 2026-07-16