Bless the Weather John Martyn

“John Martyn steered British folk away from what he scornfully described as “the dingly-dangly-dell of life”, blurring into jazz and much else besides. Solid Air, his 1973 tribute to Nick Drake, is his best-known work, but Bless the Weather, released two years earlier, is better yet. Underpinned by Danny Thompson’s resonant double bass, it has a fuzzy autumnal glow, redolent of bonfires and hash smoke. Bless the Weather and Head and Heart are intense, impeccable love songs, while Glistening Glyndebourne is a snaking instrumental. Even the version of Singin’ in the Rain is a miniature marvel.” - Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian