Sweet Honesty - The Beverley Martyn Story...as told to Jaki daCosta. Beverley was a rising star in the 1960s' British folk/rock music scene when she met and married singer/songwriter John Martyn, who died in 2009. For years she kept silent about the abusive relationship they shared. Here she tells her story in her own words, taking us from her childhood in post-war Coventry through the making of classic albums Stormbringer! and Road to Ruin to today, where she survives as a woman beaten but not bowed and still a gifted musician in her own right.