Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall, 29 Jan 2007
31 Jan 2007
Glasgow Herald
Pushed on, playing aeroplanes in his wheelchair, Martyn kept up a steady flow of gallows humour.
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Solid Air
UK
Cambridge, Corn Exchange, 21 Jan 2007
28 Jan 2007
Sunday Times
Live and kicking
John Martyn's 1970s folk-fusion experiments with the Echoplex guitar pedal have lent him the lazy label 'godfather of trip-hop', but this is to damn him with ludicrously faint praise.
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Solid Air
Cambridge, Corn Exchange, 21 Jan 2007
21 Jan 2007
Daily Telegraph
Soaring on Solid Air
David Cheal reviews John Martyn at the Corn Exchange, Cambridge
On the sleeve of his classic 1973 album Solid Air, John Martyn looks young, fresh and alive, his skin cherub-smooth, his features sharp and defined.
Today, aged 58, the Anglo-Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist is a big, big man, with a face ballooned and ravaged by time, and a body that's largely wheelchair-bound following the loss of his lower right leg through an infected cyst in 2003.
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Solid Air
Cardiff, St David's Hall, 22 Jan 2007
23 Jan 2007
Western Mail
St David's Hall, Cardiff
I suppose it may be difficult to support John Martyn. Yet somehow John Smith, tonight's supporting act, manages to cram references to Star Wars, Tim Buckley and the problems with registering your own name as a domain (http://acousticsmith.com/) into his set and pull it off with a great guitar style and a sweet deep voice that takes you back to the singer songwriters of the Seventies.
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Solid Air
60 Seconds: John Martyn
17 Jan 2007
Metro
John Martyn is a folk singer and experimental guitarist, best known for his influential 1973 album Solid Air. He has worked with Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour. His body has suffered years of alcohol abuse and he recently had a leg amputated after a cyst burst. He is touring the country from Sunday, finishing at London's Roundhouse on February 3, performing the Solid Air album each night.
John Martyn - Album By Album
01 Nov 2006
Uncut #114
In this archive feature from Uncut's November 2006 issue (Take 114), Martyn talks us through the cream of his crop of exceptional albums, including Solid Air, One World and Grace And Danger. "It's about that need to be disconnected, to get somewhere else. The source of the sauce, if you like…"
Interview: Paul Moody
London, Barbican, 11 Sep 2006
1 Oct 2006
Record Collector
Solid Air is John's magnum opus, and the promise of a complete rendition meant a sell-out was assured.
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Solid Air
London, Barbican, 11 Sep 2006
1 Oct 2006
Plan B
The one-legged Pete Doherty of folk rock goes jazz-funk on us
altered states
Words: Andres Lokko
Photography: Rachel Lipsitz
John Martyn
The Barbican, London
London, Barbican, 11 Sep 2006
17 Sep 2006
The Independent
John Martyn, Barbican, London
Who killed my echo machine?
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Solid Air
London, Barbican, 11 Sep 2006
13 Sep 2006
The Guardian
John Martyn: Solid Air
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