Bert Jansch
Michael Chapman was the deepest, most joyful musical lifer I’ve ever met | MC Taylor
From shaping English folk and Bowie’s Spiders from Mars to playing at King Curtis’s funeral, he inspired me and so many others with his joy and soul
MC Taylor, Hiss Golden Messenger
14, Sep, 2021 @9:32 AM
Fran Healy's lockdown listening: 'Travis are the opposite of Travis Scott'
The Travis frontman on the power of Public Enemy and falling in love with REM
Interview by Dave Simpson
19, Jun, 2020 @10:00 AM
Readers recommend playlist: great solo performances
Among the artists going it alone this week are Bruce Springsteen, Suzanne Vega, Bert Jansch and percussionist Kuniko Kato
nilpferd
31, May, 2018 @11:00 AM
Readers recommend playlist: songs about road trips
A reader takes a trip through your suggestions, with Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney and the McGarrigle sisters making the list
Sheila Deane
12, Apr, 2018 @11:00 AM
Steve Gunn on his favourite guitarists: from Bert Jansch to Johnny Marr
While on tour in Europe the psych-folk man runs down his favourite all-time players, ranging from a hardcore archetype to British folk mainstays
Interview by Martin Horsfield
02, Jun, 2016 @12:00 PM
Bert Inspired: a Concert for Bert Jansch review – fond renditions and a lot of guitar tuning
Graham Coxon, Bernard Butler and Robert Plant join a diverse, stellar lineup and pay handsome tribute to the guitar hero
Malcolm Jack
01, Feb, 2016 @2:19 PM
Graham Coxon: Bert Jansch's music is a great gift for everyone
Ahead of two tribute concerts this weekend, Blur’s guitarist remembers the nerve-racking experience of meeting one of Britain’s greatest musicians
Graham Coxon
29, Jan, 2016 @10:00 AM
Top 10 picks of Celtic Connections 2016
From James Robertson to Baaba Maal, John Grant to Lau, here are 10 must-see concerts at Glasgow’s festival of roots music
Kate Molleson
14, Jan, 2016 @1:07 PM
Bert Jansch: Live at the 12 Bar review – excellent 1995 set from folk guitar hero
Former Pentangle guitarist and folk hero Bert Jansch was in a career lull in 1995, but still on fine musical form
Robin Denselow
06, Aug, 2015 @6:00 PM
Maggie Boyle obituary
Folk musician who was a member of the trio Grace Notes and worked with artists such as John Renbourn and Bert Jansch
Derek Schofield
10, Nov, 2014 @8:36 PM
Neil Young: A Letter Home review – a gloriously gloomy album of lo-fi covers
Alexis Petridis: In a career full of wilfully perverse moves, this ought to take the cake – but in fact, Neil Young's deliberately crackly, muffled covers album turns out to be a very powerful thing
Alexis Petridis
22, May, 2014 @1:59 PM
A Celebration of Bert Jansch – review
London's Festival Hall dresses down as a humble folk club to honour the enduring legacy of Pentangle's founder, writes Kitty Empire
Kitty Empire
08, Dec, 2013 @12:07 AM
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