Way over across the Big Pond in Glasgow, Scotland, John Martyn has managed to gain for himself a strong and faithful following from his songwriting, singing, and guitar-playing feats.
Using his voice almost like a companion instrument to his guitar, JOHN MARTYN creates a mood composed of jazz, blues and pop sounds on the LP Solid Air
How do you begin to describe a guitarist as sensitive and as accomplished as John Martyn?
Reviewing this sort of album is a bit like dissecting a meat pie after you've eaten it. I could resort to pages of pseudo intellectual wofflé, or I could do Charles Shaar Murray and wax effusively. The safest bet is to say that this album is superb, and Ain't No Saint and Make No Mistake sum the whole album up. There's some thing for everyone here. So this can't be bad at all.
A 'definitively English' singer/ songwriter does not always have an easy time of it in the States.
John Martyn is a mumbler and if you're a lyrics freak, stay away from this one
Bless John Martyn. Here's an album to delight from one end to the other, and there's not a wet spot during it either. Except...
John Martyn's albums never cease to amaze me.
A far more ambitious work from John and Beverley but one which matches Stormbringer for quality
Onder het label Island hebben John en Beverley Martyn hun elpee Stormbringer! uitgebracht. Beverley Martyn, uit de naam blijkt dat zij de echtgenote is van John, componeerde vier van de tien nummers die op Stormbringer! staan, en met begeleiding van een orkestje en haar akoestische gitaar voert ze ze zelf nog uit ook.
