Beverley Martyn, the British singer-songwriter, died on April 27, 2026, aged 79.
Born Beverley Kutner near Coventry, England, on 24 March 1947, she was an English folk singer, songwriter and guitarist whose career ran from 1965 to 2026. While still a student, she was chosen to front The Levee Breakers, a jug band that played the folk circuit in south-east England.
She recorded her first single, “Babe I’m Leaving You,” with The Levee Breaks in 1965, and later worked at various times with John Martyn, Levon Helm, Jimmy Page, Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, John Renbourn, Ralph McTell, Davy Graham and Sandy Denny.
Beverley Martyn, 79, British singer-songwriter.