A collection of instruments and equipment used by musical pioneer John Martyn to create his distinctive sound are to be sold at auction.
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The Long Night of John Martyn by Graeme Thomson in hardback, an intimate and unflinching biography of one of the great maverick artists.
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'Solid Air' was a defining moment for British folk. It's John Martyn at his sharpest, a genre-bending timeless work that only gets better...
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John Martyn was a prolific British folk singer-songwriter whose career includes albums like Solid Air, One World, and Inside Out.
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Graeme Thomson, acclaimed biographer of Kate Bush and George Harrison, chats to Sean about the soaring highs and difficult lows in the life...
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John Martyn would have turned 65 today. To toast his memory, we offer this classic 1973 NME interview, taken from Rock's Backpages – the...
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Born in Surrey but raised in Glasgow, John Martyn only began playing guitar when he was 15, yet within two years he was already eking out a living from his...
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John Martyn's best songs had an intensity and raw emotional power that earned him a cult following which remains strong even today. Martyn was a musical...
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John Martyn, a Scottish singer and guitarist whose gentle mix of folk and jazz and innovative use of electronic effects have influenced a broad range of...
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Folk? Rock? Blues? Jazz? John Martyn was a mixture of all four and certainly one of the most progressive artists of his generation...
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