A collection of instruments, equipment, and personal effects from folk and blues legend John Martyn is set to be auctioned at a dedicated sale in July. Auction highlights include two 1954 Gibson Les ...

John Martyn Grace & Danger Island Records1980 Today's Rediscovery is the late, great singer/songwriter John Martyn's classic Grace & Danger. Martyn emerged, in the mid-'60s, as a singer/songwriter ...

Singer, guitarist and composer John Martyn was a folkie with a jazz soul. An accomplished and innovative guitarist, he got his start as a teenager in Britain's thriving folk scene of the 1960s. He ...

Today's Rediscovery is the late, great singer/songwriter John Martyn's classic Grace & Danger. A songwriter of rare autobiographical awareness and honesty, the Scottish-born Martyn also recorded two ...

John Martyn was a pioneering British singer-guitarist who released 20 albums and worked with everyone from Eric Clapton to Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour before passing away in 2009 from pneumonia. On a ...

U.K. folk and blues songwriter John Martyn has died aged 60, according to a statement on his official Web site. By Andre Paine U.K. folk and blues songwriter John Martyn has died aged 60, according to ...

John Martyn's four-decade career has certainly seen its share of alcohol- fuelled misadventure. He once awoke to find that Pentangle's double-bassist, Danny Thompson, had nailed him under a carpet; ...

John Martyn was a true maverick. His live performances were legendary, unpredictable and full on raw emotion. 'Solid Air', his tribute to friend Nick Drake, proves the man was one of the best ...

This morning's sad news of John Martyn's death reminded me of a particularly colourful encounter I had with him, back in what they call the day, which I wrote about in my regular Stop Me If You've ...

29 January 2009 - The legendary singer-songwriter and a founder of the British folk scene has died. A post on John Martyn’s official site reads: “With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we ...

Scottish singer-songwriter John Martyn has died at the age of 60. Martyn's music incorporated folk, blues and funk, and he was widely regarded by fellow musicians as one of the most innovative ...