John Martyn’s best songs had an intensity and raw ... The acclaimed comedian Billy Connolly, who was a folk singer himself in the mid-1960s in Scotland, remembered Martyn as “a good laugh.” ...
Of the ten albums up for the top prize, only one will walk away ... and ‘Move’, where Martyn expertly blended Scottish traditional music and singers with cutting edge electronica and dance ...
2. “Going Down To Mississippi” by Phil Ochs Phil Ochs knew his way around political protest songs in the 1960s, the most well-known being the 1965 folk song “Going Down To Mississippi”.
For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have a brilliant archive session for you from Lindsay Ross and his band, recorded back in 1980. Show more For the ...