Born in Surrey in 1948 and raised in Glasgow, Iain David McGeachy developed an interest in playing guitar in his teens, aspiring to be just like the “baroque” folk masters of the time, such as Davey ...

John Martyn, the British singer-songwriter-guitarist who came of age in the British folk scene in the 1960s and later developed a unique marriage of jazz and folk, died Thursday at age 60. No cause ...

Over the decades, Scottish musicians have made many classic albums that have stood the test of time. Today, we look back at Solid Air, by John Martyn WHEN Chris Blackwell, founder of the highly ...

John Martyn is best known as a 1970s singer and songwriter with a great deep voice and strident guitar playing. He mixed jazz with folk, was a friend and contemporary of Nick Drake, and wrote a song ...