Beverley Martyn obituary (opens in new tab)

Star of the 60s London folk scene whose career faltered after her troubled marriage to the musician John MartynBeverley Martyn, a singer-songwriter with a versatile, bluesy voice, who has died aged 79, was a star of the vibrant London folk scene in the late 1960s. She was best known for two albums, Stormbringer! and The Road to Ruin, recorded in 1970 with her then husband, the guitarist John Martyn – after which she had a long absence from the studio while raising a family and trying to deal ...