Front Row With Danny Thompson
01 Feb 2008
BBC Radio 4, Front Row
Danny wants his mate back.
UK
The Battle Of Medway, July 17th 1973 - Hux HUX090
1 Feb 2008
Record Collector #346
It's July, 1973. John Martyn, one of the young princes of the flourishing British folk scene, is hurtling in a new direction.
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The Battle Of Medway, July 17th 1973
Still Rather Be The Devil
01 Dec 2007
Guitarist magazine
After four decades of raising hell, folk guitar master and genre-bending troubadour John Martyn is still in fine form.
Words Ciarán Tracey
Scotland's Music - Love & Loss
Director:
Andy Twaddle
BBC Two Scotland
10 Nov 2007
Second episode of Scotland's Music aired 10 November 2007. John performs Hurt In Your Heart in the studio live, with band member Foster Paterson, Alan Thomson and Arran Ahmun.
Credits:
Host: Phil Cunningham
Producers: Sharon Walker, James Kent
Written and directed by Andy Twaddle
Tracks:
Some People Are Crazy | The John Martyn Story
11 Oct 2007
Edinburgh, Polygon ISBN 978 1 84697 036 8
Generally considered the most authorative biography up to date.
The hardback cover originally cost £14.99 and was published by Polygon (Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh).
Blues'n'Trouble
01 Oct 2007
Scotland on Sunday
BACK in 1977, when everyone who had any musical nous was pledging their allegiance to punk and ska bands, I used to spend days on end staring at the smoke-stained walls of a shabby one-bedroom flat in Lyne Street, Edinburgh, with a few close friends. The soundtrack for those long sessions was invariably John Martyn's gentle, beguiling music. Young and naïve, we thought that any man who wrote classic dope-fuelled anthems like Solid Air, One World and Bless The Weather must be a "really, really nice guy".
Dublin, Vicar Street, 14 May 2007
1 Aug 2007
Record Collector #339
John Martyn may have to be wheeled on since the removal of the lower part of one leg, but he remains as animated as he ever.
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Solid Air
BBC Live In Concert - Island 984 898-1
1 Jul 2007
Record Collector #338
Like several Island acts of the early 70s (Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, etc), Martyn was given a fairly loose roaming brief.
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BBC Live In Concert
BBC Live In Concert (2CD) - Island 984 898-1
1 Jun 2007
Enfield Independent
John Martyn: BBC Live In Concert
(Island) * * * *
FANS will know that the only predictable thing about John Martyn is his unpredictability. His live performances can touch the heights, and sometimes just bumble along.
Although his voice occasionally isn't at its best on a couple of songs in these sessions, recorded in Paris and London over a 10-year period 1, there are plenty of good (and now and then great) moments that more than compensate.
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BBC Live In Concert
Bournemouth, Pavilion, 24 May 2007
26 May 2007
Bournemouth Echo
Turning the Air blue
When Solid Air came out, to huge critical acclaim and the delight of fans, John Martyn was a slim, softly-spoken man in his mid-20s, with a halo of curls and bumfluffy beard. He was a folky-hippie with a jazzy-reggae bent and ardent fan base.
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Solid Air
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