John Martyn als vanouds
John Martyn - On The Cobbles - Independiente
Peter Marsh op de BBC-site: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/folkcountry):
…On the Cobbles is the strongest, most consistent set he's come up with in years. While Martyn's not one for trading on past glories, he seems to have tapped into the same inspirations that informed the freewheeling atmospherics of the early 70s. As ever, the songs are organic, loose, reliant on texture and the casual warmth of the vocal delivery, though more stripped down, intimate than of late. He revisits Solid Air's "Go down Easy" though you'd be hard pushed to recognise it, while the sweet "One for the Road" is a tale of newfound love that wouldn't be out of place on Sunday's Child. "My Creator" sees our John dealing with spirituality in a way that Pharoah or Gary Bartz would be proud of. You can't help but love him for stuff like this….
…As well as a cast of veteran Martyn collaborators including bassists Danny Thompson and John Giblin, there are guest appearances from Paul Weller and Mavis Staples. To my mind, Martyn's a strong enough presence to carry things off without that kind of help (Staples' contribution to Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" is superfluous at best) but their presence is testament to the high regard in which he's held….