Danny Thompson
24 Mar 1989
The List #90
John Martyn and Danny Thompson are performing their celebrated duo in a packed City Hall in Glasgow.
UK
Out Of Our Heads
Director:
Maria Blake
BBC2 (Newcastle)
27 Jan 1989
Documentary about Ian McCallum filmed in 1988 by Zenith North, which "includes a slightly drunk McCallum performing two songs live with a slightly drunker John Martyn". One song was Sweet Little Mystery.
Credits:
Production: John Warwick
Director: Maria Blake
Tracks:
John Goes Trendy..
30 Nov 1988
Evening Times Glasgow
The Sub Club has a reputation for attracting the city's trendiest disco-goers, so it comes as a bit of a surprise to hear that crumbly rock star John Martyn will be appearing there.
John Martyn [Fringe]
12 Aug 1988
The List #73
After his brilliant, but all too short, appearance at Fife Aid, there's no doubt that John Martyn's series of solo concerts will be obligatory for Festival-going music lovers.
St. Andrews, Fife Aid, 24 Jul 1988
5 Aug 1988
The List #72
Review
Yes, the weather ran the gamut from thick mist (which gave the park an eerie, closed-off ambience on the Saturday), torrential rain and gale-force winds on the Monday morning which almost tore the writer's tent apart at the seams.
Related to:
Eco Rock - Festival For A Green Future
Fife Aid 2
22 Jul 1988
The List #71
The big event of the Scottish music calendar this year has to be Fife Aid 2, taking place at Craigtoun Park near Saint Andrews on the weekend of Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July.
Related to:
Cultural Coup
19 May 1988
Evening Times Glasgow
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra will top the bill at Scotland's newest community arts festival. And popular musician Scot John Martyn is also expected to be a big draw.
Organisers of Clydesdale Cantrip are delighted at the number of top quality musicians and entertainers who have agreed to perform at the Lanarkshire festival.
Leeds, University, 23 Mar 1988
29 Apr 1988
Leeds Student
Mr Martyn seemed to suffer from an inability to get across a single word that he was singing; the man was obviously in great emotional turmoil, it's just a pity that we couldn't share it.
John Perry's Fretwork
28 Mar 1988
International Musician & Recording World Vol 14 #4
John Perry discusses guitar tricks unique to John Martyn - as revealed by the man himself
Lanarkshire is hard country. Grey little granite houses huddle on the lee side of countless steep hills, and fast running burns rush down to join the headwaters of the River Clyde. Wind-swept sheep populate the fields and peat bogs, seemingly oblivious to the roaring air.
All in all it is tough country, and as such it's admirably suited to accommodate a man who has survived more than 21 years in a business which has found a dozen ways to kill off, stultify or suppress many of its greatest talents.
Foundations - Island ILPS 9884
31 Oct 1987
New Musical Express
On the evidence of Foundations as a whole I feel fortunate not to have been there when it was recorded.
Related to:
Foundations
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