English Originals Weekend
Friday 14 May 2010, Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Curated by Danny Thompson

Singer-songwriters Bridget St John and Mike Chapman are doing a gig in the North of England, in Southport April 22. Bridget has collaborated with John Martyn in the past and used to be friends with him.

Concert details
Bridget St John and Michael Chapman
Bothy Folk Club, Thursday 22nd April 2010. 8pm.
Tickets and more details from Pete Rimmer, telephone 07973 623210

Gradually more info is seeping through about the upcoming John Martyn tribute album.
Robert Smith (from The Cure) has done a version of Small Hours.
We also know Beth Orton recorded a version of Go Down Easy.
Beck is now reported to have made a version of Stormbringer.
And Ted Barnes and his fellow member Gavin Clarke of the UK folk band Clayhill had a go at Over The Hill.

Solid Air should be present of course but who is to record this classic JM song? Associate producer Pete Mason had Sting in mind but he proved to be too busy recording a new album for himself. Skye, the Morcheeba singer, was next in line and seems to have done a fine job.

The band Oh My God is also involved as they mention having been recording in Jim Tullios studio too.

Skye wrote a nice blog entry on her contribution here.

More news on the JM cover album. Beth Orton, who once covered Don't Want To Know on her album Superpinkymandy, played a New York concert at the City Winery on January 17th. Elizabeth Hahn reports Beth played 'Go Down Easy' on this occasion, with Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett of Doveman.
The interesting part is Beth added they had recorded it for an upcoming John Martyn tribute album. So there's definitely something cooking...

Robert Smith of The Cure made an interesting blog entry for the official band website on the 13th of January.

I have recorded a cover for a John Martyn tribute album, as well as a couple or three other 'collaborations'.

So what we can tell from this is that someone must be producing a John Martyn tribute album. I have no further details yet and wonder if they will make it before the 29th of January.
Would be nice if they managed to get some people listed on this page...

From NPR radio. May You Never and Solid Air, recorded 26 September 1993 for Mountain Stage.

John starts at 6:50. The piano solo at the end of Solid Air is quite nice and jazzy.