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Beverley Martyn, Whose Folk Music Breakthrough Took 50 Years, Dies at 79
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Beverley Martyn, Whose Folk Music Breakthrough Took 50 Years, Dies at 79

NY Times · May 17, 2026, 11:11 PM

As a rising star of the 1960s, she dated Paul Simon, brooded with Nick Drake and drew Barbra Streisand’s envy. Then she sank into an abusive marriage.

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