New York, Bottom Line (1992)
Band performance from Bottom Line cafe.
At least Big Muff was played as this track ended up on the Georgia On Our Mind CD.
Band performance from Bottom Line cafe.
At least Big Muff was played as this track ended up on the Georgia On Our Mind CD.
Sounds around town
Pop Album of the Week: John Martyn: Foundations (Island).
This live album puts Martyn and a very accomplished band right in your room, ably performing an eclectic array of tunes from Johnny Too Bad to Over the Rainbow.
Foundations
John Martyn
Island (LP, cassette, CD)
This US press kit contains an original Anton Corbijn promo photo in black and white, combined with a three page press release printed in typewriter style. Much of the text was recycled for the Foundations tour program.
PIECE BY PIECE John Martyn Island
John Martyn is a gem of a musician waiting to be discovered. The Scottish born Martyn has produced a dozen innovative albums during the past 18 years, attracting only a smattering of public acclaim. "Piece by Piece" might redress that. It is another example of Martyn's formidable song-writing, singing and production skills.
Scotland-born John Martyn has never been a commercial success and that's too bad. It's travesty compounded in the case of Martyn's latest offering, Piece By Piece, because a couple of the tunes here, in the hands of less-eccentric artists, would simply sell millions.
Piece By Piece is Scottish singer-songwriter John Martyn's 18th album, and it continues in the sophisticated, pseudo-jazzy direction of its most recent predecessors.
Speaking of cool, this guy's the master, with his gurgly, jazz-flecked cooing, and finger-popping, hip ditties.
Great voice, great songs, wonderfully produced.