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John Martyn

May 2024

  • Sean Khan

    Sean Khan: Sean Khan Presents the Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble review – classics reinvigorated

    A collective of genre-straddling talents give new life to songs by Nick Drake, John Martyn and Sandy Denny

September 2021

  • ‘He loved red wine, old guitars, jazz and his partner Andru’ … Michael Chapman.

    Michael Chapman was the deepest, most joyful musical lifer I’ve ever met

    MC Taylor, Hiss Golden Messenger
    From shaping English folk and Bowie’s Spiders from Mars to playing at King Curtis’s funeral, he inspired me and so many others with his joy and soul

September 2020

  • Photo of John MARTYN<br>UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of John MARTYN (Photo by Gems/Redferns)

    Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn by Graeme Thomson – review

    A clear-eyed look at the immense talent and shocking behaviour of a great British singer-songwriter

July 2020

  • John Martyn and Nick Drake.

    'Greek, without the sex': Nick Drake and John Martyn's folk bromance

    A new book explores a musical friendship entailing joy, anger, ‘mountains of drugs’ … and tragedy. In this extract, the pair’s friends examine a complex rivalry

June 2020

  • John Martyn At Home<br>HASTINGS - SEPTEMBER 08: Singer-songwriter John Martyn (1948 - 2009) at home in The Old Town, Hastings on September 8 1971. (Photo by Brian Cooke/Redferns)

    Book of the day
    Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn by Graeme Thomson – review

    A painstaking story of the guitarist’s shocking life

January 2019

  • 27.01.2019 - Grace &amp; Danger @ GRCH for Celtic Connections. Paul Weller

    Grace & Danger: A Celebration of John Martyn review – torrid tribute from Paul Weller and friends

    This jewel from Celtic Connections marked 10 years since the death of jazz-folk visionary John Martyn. It was a reminder of his raw, potent talent

December 2018

  • Suzanne Moore

    Guilty pleasures? For women that’s most of our culture

    Suzanne Moore
    From John Martyn and Lars von Trier to Woody Allen and William Burroughs, women must deal with ‘problematic’ artists on a daily basis

December 2015

  • Vivienne Barton meeting the Duke of Edinburgh at the BBC

    Family life
    Family life: Meeting the Duke of Edinburgh, May You Never by John Martyn and Mum’s mince pies

    Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes

August 2014

  • nick drake

    Rare Nick Drake demo pulled from sale after legal row

    Singer and close friend Beverley Martyn had hoped to raise thousands from auction of tape made in 1967

April 2014

  • Beverley Martyn

    Beverley Martyn: 'I'm still here and I know who I am now'

    The long-lost British roots singer is back, aged 67, with a new album – and a new lust for life. She talks to Graeme Thomson about a past filled with dark drama

October 2013

  • John Martyn: The Island Years – review

    Devotees will not be disappointed by the unreleased material included in this exhaustive 18-disc set of John Martyn's Island output, writes Robin Denselow

September 2013

  • John Martyn in 1973

    From Rock's Backpages
    John Martyn: 'Bowie's a poseur' – a classic interview from the vaults

    John Martyn would have turned 65 today. To toast his memory, we offer this classic 1973 NME interview, taken from Rock's Backpages – the home of online music writing

March 2012

  • Lisa Hannigan in Sydney, Australia, November 2011

    Soundtrack of my life
    Lisa Hannigan: soundtrack of my life

    The Mercury-nominated singer-songwriter on her operatic ambitions, her Michael Jackson obsession, and the redemptive power of Nina Simone. Interview by Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy

February 2012

  • Old music
    Old music: John Martyn – Sweet Little Mystery

    Greg Freeman: John Martyn is the sound of hangovers, of long and lonely journeys, of a spine tingling

August 2011

  • John Martyn in 1973

    Johnny Boy Would Love This … A Tribute to John Martyn – review

    The 30 covers in this fine tribute to John Martyn demonstrate just how far his influence ranged, says Ally Carnwath

April 2011

  • John Martyn in concert in 2007

    John Martyn's final recordings to be released

    Heaven and Earth, the late folk singer's 'last musical testament', will feature a guest spot from Phil Collins

February 2009

  • John Martyn: Ain't No Saint

    The recently-deceased folk hero's many sides are reflected in this wildly varied, well-packaged collection, writes Robin Denselow

January 2009

  • John Martyn in concert in 2007

    Music blog
    The day John Martyn played for us in prison

    Erwin James: In 'Paranoia City', the hellhole that was our home, Martyn's heartfelt concert made us feel human again

  • John Martyn

    John Martyn

    Obituary:Hellraising folk musician and creator of the seminal album Solid Air

  • Music blog
    John Martyn: A music legend remembered

    Will Hodgkinson: Throughout his life he kept searching for new musical forms in which to express essential themes: love, loneliness, and what it means to be alive

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