John Renbourn was a central figure in the British folk revival of the 1960s and throughout his career he remained an abiding and exciting figure in the nation’s acoustic music scene. The course of his ...

John Renbourn, a founding member of Pentangle whose solo career stretched for more than 50 years, was found dead at his home in Hawick, Scotland By Phil Gallo British folk guitarist John Renbourn, a ...

Of all the guitarists to emerge from the early days of the British folk music revival, it was Bert Jansch, who has died aged 67, who had the most sustained influence, not only within folk circles, but ...

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Extending a traditional song to this length in such spellbinding fashion was ambitious and while some of John Renbourne’s electric guitar suggested the fluidity of Quicksilver Messenger Service’s John ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — The masterful acoustic guitarist John Renbourn, a founding member of the widely admired folk group Pentangle in the 1960s, has died at his home in Scotland. He was 70. His manager, Dave ...

Pierre Bensusan remembers the moment that changed his life. As a young guitarist living in a small flat in Paris with parents and two sisters who listened to or sang music all the time, he was used to ...

John Renbourn, a masterful acoustic guitarist and founding member of the Pentangle quintet in the 1960s, has died at his home in Scotland. He was 70. His manager, Dave Smith, called Renbourn “a huge ...

His glittering career saw him work alongside musical royalty, including Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison. Danny famously played the bass guitar for Cliff Richard’s Eurovision song, ...

LONDON – He was quiet, modest, uncomfortable in the spotlight – not looking for No. 1 hits or commercial ditties. But when Bert Jansch picked up an acoustic guitar, people listened, often spellbound ...