The pre-glam Mott The Hoople in 1971, in an unused shot from the session for the ‘Wildlife’ album cover Despite the musical differences between the Martyns and Mott, the Dylan intimations – whether ...

Today's Rediscovery is the late, great singer/songwriter John Martyn's classic Grace & Danger. A songwriter of rare autobiographical awareness and honesty, the Scottish-born Martyn also recorded two ...

An unheard Nick Drake track will be released 40 years after the singer's death. 'Reckless Jane' was written by Drake and his friend - fellow musician Beverley Martyn ...

Six rare, unheard Nick Drake tapes that were expected to sell for more than $400,000 have been removed from sale at the behest of lawyers representing Drake's estate, the Guardian reports. As ...

Recorded in 1968, the year before the release of his debut album Five Leaves Left, the reel has been owned by Beverley Martyn, a folk singer who mentored Drake alongside her late husband John Martyn.

Bob Harris kickstarts Sunday as he is joined by folk singer-songwriter Beverley Martyn. Beverley recorded her first single at 16 years of age on Parlophone records, and she signed to the Deram record ...

The auction of a set of rare recordings made by Nick Drake in the late Sixties has been stopped thanks to a legal dispute over the tapes’ ownership. The Guardian reports that Drake’s estate and record ...

The singer-songwriter John Martyn has died aged 60. Known for musical marriage of folk and jazz, Martyn was one of the most distinctive and prolific artists of his generation. His most successful ...

John Martyn played many roles in his three score years. Curly-haired troubadour, spaced-out innovator, thug, fisherman, wizard, wastrel, lover and fighter. When Linda Thompson first met him in the mid ...

Six of Nick Drake's "pristine" unheard recordings from 1968 will go up for auction on July 31st at London's Ted Owen & Company, the New York Times reports. According to Rolling Stone, the recordings ...