Edinburgh, Queen's Hall, 18 Aug 1989
20 Aug 1989
The Observer
Festival jazz
Rob Adams on the pleasures of listening to idiosyncratic rocker John Martyn
Concert review
Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow, 7 May 1989
8 May 1989
Glasgow Herald
Appparently there are two John Martyns. There is the electric John Martyn and there is the acoustic John Martyn.
London, Powerhaus, 31 Mar 1989
15 Apr 1989
Melody Maker
Now it's the turn of ex-folkie, early-Seventies guitar guru John Martyn. Tonight he's as good-as carried aloft by the triumphal, comradely crest of crowd approval.
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
Giulianova, Rockroads, 23 Jul 1988
27 Jul 1988
La Repubblica
Fra rap e reggae tutto il rock fuori dagli schemi
Le strade del rock si sono incrociate e fuse anche nella seconda serata, con la musica psichedelica dei Vegetable Men, la formazione che ha vinto quest' anno il concorso Indipendenti, curiosi ma acerbi, con il Jive degli Chevalier Brothers, che tra brani di Louis Prima e Louis Jordan hanno offerto un set divertentissimo e travolgente, con la musica indicibilmente romantica e sentimentale di John Martyn, un grande della canzone britannica, che in perfetta solitudine ha proposto il meglio del suo ricchissimo canzoniere, da Johnny Too Bad a May You Never, fino alla world music di Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, capaci di spaziare tra pop leggero, musica tradizionale, country, folk e rock con molta personalità.
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.
London, Hammersmith Odeon, 9 Oct 1987
24 Oct 1987
New Musical Express
The adulation was plain grotesque, though, and proved that the audience was as lazy as the artist. They seemed to be having a rare old time, but even so, they'd have been better off at home listening to Solid Air on their CDs. It certainly wasn't a night worth risking pneumonia for.
Related to:
Foundations
Glastonbury, 21 Jun 1986
28 Jun 1986
New Musical Express
But the message is rarely forgotten, throughout the festival. The call for a caring society comes across in the protest songs of Bragg, Phranc and the heavyweight folk of Christy Moore (memorably on Bobby Sands' Back Home In Derry). And for those of a more woolly, arcadian outlook there's John Martyn, reunited with Danny Thompson on a fine Solid Air opener, and finishing well with Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
London, Albert Hall, 24 Apr 1986
26 Apr 1986
The Guardian
Before Live Aid, the events this week at the Albert Hall would have been considered exceptional.
Roma, Tenda Pianeta, 8 Apr 1986
11 Apr 1986
La Repubblica
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