British Songwriter John Martyn Dead At 60
29 Jan 2009
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - British singer-songwriter John Martyn, whose soulful songs were covered by the likes of Eric Clapton, died Thursday. He was 60.
UK
Boozy Martyn Hits New Peak
12 Dec 2008
The Sun
THE barman is having trouble with the drinks order.
Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall, 19 Nov 2008
20 Nov 2008
Glasgow Herald
Was it just me or was there something especially rejuvenated about John Martyn as he played Jelly Roll Blues, having completed the advertised revisiting of his classic Grace & Danger LP?
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Grace & Danger
London, Barbican, 10 Nov 2008
18 Nov 2008
The Independent
'Some people keep diaries – I make records," John Martyn once claimed, admitting that his 1980 album Grace & Danger was "probably the most specific piece of autobiography I've written".
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Grace & Danger Deluxe Edition
BBC 6 Music
18 Nov 2008
BBC 6 Music
During his November 2008 tour John was shortly interviewed in the Thistle City Barbican Hotel lobby near the London Barbican theatre. Host for BBC 6 music is Shaun Keaveny.
London, Barbican, 10 Nov 2008
11 Nov 2008
Daily Telegraph
John Martyn, Grace and Danger Live: he's the guv'nor
Mark Skipworth reviews John Martyn, Grace and Danger Live at the Barbican in London
All the greats have got one: that painful, intense, atmospheric studio album that was so emotionally demanding to make that it could rarely, if ever, be recreated in live performance.
John Martyn, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Nov 7
07 Nov 2008
The Argus
Grace & Danger was the highly personal album that marked John Martyn's divorce and saw him leave Island Records in 1980. But its difficult conception hasn't stopped the 60-year-old singer-songwriter returning to it for his latest UK tour, following a successful trip around the country playing his classic Solid Air album last year.
Media Wales interview
01 Nov 2008
WalesOnline
During the Grace and Danger Tour, Gavin Allen had this telephone conversation with John. It is one of his last interviews and it lasts sixteen minutes.
Ain't No Saint
1 Nov 2008
Mojo #180
John Martyn
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Ain't No Saint
UNIVERSAL/ ISLAND
Compiled with due devotion, a 4-CD box set of faves, unearthed lives and outtakes.
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Ain't No Saint
Ain't No Saint
1 Nov 2008
Record Collector
A national treasure whose importance and influence has never been reflected in sales, Martyn's exhaustive back catalogue is brimful of genuinely pioneering approaches to folk and jazz.
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Ain't No Saint
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