Dave Alvin alerted us via Facebook shortly ago that British guitar master Bert Jansch has died. Jansch, who along with his band Pentangle was at the forefront of the ’60s British folk movement, was 67 ...

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Folk-rock pioneer John Renbourn pays a flying visit to Belfast prior to the big Pentangle reunion in London. Don't miss it, says Damien Murray The weekly Old Flattop Music Club at Belfast's Rotterdam ...

Jacqui McShee feels lucky to be singing the blues. With songs such as Born Under a Bad Sign and Been Down So Long (It Feels Like Up To Me) in the blues canon, good luck and the blues haven't often ...

‘Just listening to it made me feel drunk,’ said the great guitarist when he went back to his old Pentangle recordings. Pete Paphides pays tribute to a man who could play his instrument better than he ...

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 ...