Grace & Danger - Antilles AN 7081
22 Mar 1981
Lawrence Journal-World
Although he enjoys modest popularity in his native England, John Martyn is hardly a household name in America.
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USA
Grace & Danger, Island SMAS 9560
20 Mar 1981
Journal News
John Martyn, a Rediscovery
Martyn has just released Grace & Danger. Recorded with Tommy Eyre on keyboards (an original member of Mark-Almond), bassist John Giblin and ex-Genesis member Phil Collins, the album, though it contains frustratingly little acoustic guitar, meanders less than One World and may be as close to Solid Air as Martyn will allow himself to go at this stage.
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Grace & Danger - Antilles AN 7081
15 Mar 1981
Arizona Republic
Guitarist's work plumbs the depths of tonality
A strikingly innovative guitarist and imaginative songwriter, John Martyn has been experimenting with improvisation and tonality since his early days on the English folk scene.
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Grace & Danger
One World - Island ILPS 9492
14 Jun 1978
Press and Sun Bulletin
Musical twists enhance 'Misfits'
Despite a prior track record of eight albums, English singer-songwriter John Martyn is an unfamiliar name to many. If this is ever going to change, One World could be the album to do it.
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One World
One World - Island SMAS 9492
10 Jun 1978
Morning Call
Put this disc on the player and ask your friend who claims to know music from A to Z to guess who it is.
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One World
His Music Is Borderless
08 May 1978
The Daily Advertiser
John Martyn may be nominally a folk artist, but his music knows no borders.
One World - Island SMAS 9492
1 May 1978
Village Voice
John Martyn Hums And Hovers
Like many folksingers in the '60s, John Martyn experimented with a lyrical contemporary chamber music.
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One World
Springfield, Civic Center, 5 Apr 1978
7 Apr 1978
Boston Globe
Contentment with Clapton
John Martyn opened, and his Echoplexed guitar and woozy vocals made for a strange but uniquely experimental warmup act.
One World - Island SMAS 9492
6 Apr 1978
Boston Globe
John Martyn, who as a solo performer (just himself and guitar) has opened an American tour for Yes and will soon open another for Eric Clapton, is an underrated but magnetically engaging artist.
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One World
One World - Island SMAS 9492
5 Apr 1978
Philadelphia Daily News
Lots of your mellower folkies from the '60s have lately evolved into a cool jazz style; the mixed bag Richie Havens used to grab all for himself.
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One World
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