John Martyn Remembered: By Al Stewart
02 Mar 2009
Mojo website
Al Stewart looks back on a friendship snuffed out by prune mallets, dark drugs and Scottish insults.
UK
Mike Harding Show
25 Feb 2009
BBC Radio 2
John Martyn Special
Mike played excerpts of a lot of songs from various sources.
Front Row
09 Feb 2009
BBC Radio 4
Monday 9 February
John Wilson presenting
John Martyn
Shortly before the recent death of the influential musician John Martyn, John Wilson recorded an interview with him in which he reflected on his life and his music. As well as hearing extracts from the interview, novelist Ian Rankin and fellow musician Danny Thompson pay their respects to the British singer-songwriter.
The Challenge Of Playing With John Martyn
08 Feb 2009
Wales On Sunday
When folk-rock legend John Martyn died the music industry went into mourning, but few felt the loss deeper than Cardiff drummer Arran Ahmun and Barry bassist Dave Ball, who performed with Martyn throughout his career. The musicians talk to GAVIN ALLEN about the many sides of John Martyn...
John Martyn 1948-2009
07 Feb 2009
Music Week
Chris Blackwell recalls his friend and colleague John Martyn who died last Thursday, aged 60
John Martyn
06 Feb 2009
Ralph McTell website
By now most of you will be aware of the death of singer songwriter guitar stylist musician John Martyn. By virtue of his huge talent and colourful and sometimes reckless lifestyle his passing was noticed and commented upon by nearly all of the popular media.
I would just like to add my personal comments because John was very much a contemporary of mine and I admired his music immensely.
Ain't No Saint
6 Feb 2009
The Guardian
John Martyn, who died last week, was impossible to categorise.
Related to:
Ain't No Saint
Remembering Musician John Martyn
02 Feb 2009
BBC Scotland
Here, BBC Scotland reporter Iain MacDonald recalls his and other stories about singer-songwriter John Martyn who died last week at the age of 60.
The folk, blues and funk artist was widely regarded as one of the most soulful and innovative singer-songwriters of his generation. Iain interviewed the musician for a BBC radio programme.
But the journalist was also among those who "cottoned on to" the Martyn phenomenon back in the 1960s.
Great Art That Came Without Regrets
01 Feb 2009
The Observer
We're steering unsteadily along narrow corridors on an upper floor of a London hotel, John Martyn cheerily pointing the way with a tumbler of brandy and port. I've got one hand on his wheelchair, one on the handle of a swing door. There's a wheezy cackle in his throat that makes a rich baritone sound like it's fighting through radio interference. "Sorry mate, I don't have a reverse gear, I can't go back... "
John Martyn
31 Jan 2009
The Glasgow Herald
Some rock stars affect outrageousness but John Martyn was the real deal. Powered by more than 40 years of enjoying the excesses of a rock'n'roll lifestyle, John could be boisterous, difficult company. Consequently, his enemies -and he had a few- genuinely disliked him. Back in his heyday, he hung out with gangsters and had a reputation for resorting to violence: he once broke the ribs of a former manager during a brawl.
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