Amongst the artists who, to a greater or lesser extent, explored ways to marry traditional British folk with the energy of rock in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span ...

Pentangle, live in 1969. Left to right: John Renbourne, Danny Thompson, Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch and Terry Cox Bert Jansch, Renbourne’s guitar playing foil in Pentangle, had in 1966 already issued a ...

With the music of many 21st-century folk groups betraying Pentangle's influence and with one of their guitarists, Bert Jansch, collaborating with the likes of Devendra Banhart and Beth Orton, this ...

Pentangle released six albums between 1968 and 1972, but the wealth of bonus material here expands this fine collection to a mammoth 14 discs of vinyl. Out-takes, live tracks and material ...

Bert Jansch's legendary British group-- which explored the intersections between folk, blues, and jazz-- is the subject of this mammoth 4xCD retrospective. Save this story Save this story Along with ...

In one of the most unexpected reunions of the past decade, the legendary folk supergroup Pentangle are to reform for a special exclusive performance at the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Their ...

Pentangle, the five points of light being Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox. Formed in 1967, they took Trad folk and blended it with a mixture of jazz, blues and ...

IT says a lot about the enduring appeal of folk music that a band can still fill Symphony Hall despite not having toured together in nearly 40 years. The original line-up of British folk/jazz "super ...

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In 1967 Jacqui McShee and John Renbourn, who had just formed a band, were in a train that had come to a stop on Hungerford Bridge. Renbourn pointed out at the Royal Festival Hall. “We’ll be playing ...

CD1 (One More Road): Travelling Solo; Oxford City; Endless Sky; The Lily of the West; One More Road; High Germany; Hey, Hey Soldier; Willy of Winsbury; Somali; Manuel; Are You Going to Scarborough ...

On paper, the formula looked impeccable. Take London’s two most dextrous folk-blues guitarists, toss in a jazz double bassist and drummer, then summon a young blues singer looking to extend her reach.