Editing John Martyn (section)

=== Tributes ===
Following Martyn's death, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' lauded his "[[progressive folk]] invention and improvising sorcery".<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|last1=Fricke|first1=David|title=Fricke's Picks: Remembering Singer-Guitarist John Martyn|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frickes-picks-remembering-singer-guitarist-john-martyn-20090511|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=11 May 2009|access-date=2 March 2017}}</ref> Friend and collaborator [[Phil Collins]] paid tribute to him, saying, "John's passing is terribly, terribly sad. I had worked with and known him since the late 1970s and he was a great friend. He was uncompromising, which made him infuriating to some people, but he was unique and we'll never see the likes of him again. I loved him dearly and will miss him very much."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/phil-collins-pays-tribute-to-john-martyn-194047|title=Phil Collins pays tribute to John Martyn|work=MusicRadar|first=Michael|last=Leonard|date=29 January 2009}}</ref>

[[Mike Harding]] introduced an hour-long tribute to Martyn in his BBC Radio 2 programme on 25 February 2009. A tribute album, ''Johnny Boy Would Love This'', was released on 15 August 2011, comprising cover versions of his songs by various artists.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-martyn-pioneering-singersongwriter-who-blended-folk-with-jazz-and-played-with-eric-clapton-and-dave-gilmour-1520361.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220613/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-martyn-pioneering-singersongwriter-who-blended-folk-with-jazz-and-played-with-eric-clapton-and-dave-gilmour-1520361.html |archive-date=13 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=John Martyn: Pioneering singer-songwriter who blended folk with jazz and played with Eric Clapton and Dave Gilmour – Obituaries – News |newspaper=The Independent |date=30 January 2009 |access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/148147-various-artists-johnny-boy-would-love-this-a-tribute-to-john-martyn/ |title=Various Artists: Johnny Boy Would Love This… A Tribute to John Martyn |work=PopMatters |date=30 October 2011 |access-date=16 August 2018 |author=Beaudoin, Jedd}}</ref>

The "Grace & Danger: A Celebration of John Martyn" tribute concert held on 27 January 2019 at [[Glasgow Royal Concert Hall]] marked the tenth anniversary of his passing.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Virtue|first=Graeme|date=28 January 2019|title=Grace & Danger: A Celebration of John Martyn review – torrid tribute from Paul Weller and friends|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/28/celebration-of-john-martyn-review-royal-concert-hall-glasgow|access-date=25 June 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Curated and hosted by [[Danny Thompson]], artists including [[Eddi Reader]], [[Eric Bibb]] and [[Paul Weller]] performed "to do full justice to a selection of Martyn's finest songs and channel some of the great man's spirit".<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 February 2019|title=Review: Grace & Danger, A Celebration of John Martyn, Celtic Connections 2019|url=https://thefountain.eu/music/2019/02/review-grace-danger-a-celebration-of-john-martyn-celtic-connections-2019/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=The Fountain|language=en-GB}}</ref>

On 19 April 2025 his song "May You Never" was featured in an episode if the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''[[Soul Music (radio series)|Soul Music]]''.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002b6j2</ref>