Jansch

Folk singer Eddi Reader called Jansch "a gentle, gentle gentleman."

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Folk singer Eddi Reader called Jansch "a gentle, gentle gentleman."

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Folk singer Eddi Reader called Jansch "a gentle, gentle gentleman."

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Plus, he'll be in the good company of opener Bert Jansch, a hero of the British folk movement who, on his own and as part of the band Pentangle, started in the same 1960s milieu in which Mr. Young first found his voice.

The Taming of the Scene Andy Battaglia 2011

This year, as a testament to the expansion in the folky on both sides of the Atlantic, you'll find fewer of the older, more venerated names Robert Plant, Donovan, Bert Jansch etc that you'll have seen at previous events.

This week's new live music 2011

British guitar gods come in all stripes: There's the critically hallowed hard-rock types like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and David Gilmore, and the traditional folk players like Bert Jansch and Davy Graham.

Many Ways to Make a Joyful Noise Andy Beta 2011

John Martyn, meanwhile, got everyone thinking that he was that angsty lad with the Davy Graham/Bert Jansch thing going for him on guitar, very pretty stuff.

Two ounces of black plastic with a hole in the middle 2009

Looking back, "Bert Jansch" seems the point in folk history where the work of Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger and such Jansch contemporaries as Anne Briggs and Martin Carthy meet the future.

A Humble Guitar God 2010

The Young-Jansch tour ends Monday in Dallas, but Mr. Jansch will play on in the U.S., headlining on a bill with Pegi Young, Mr. Young's sweet-singing wife.

A Humble Guitar God 2010

Jack Orion, which led to the formation of Pentangle and was a precursor to Led Zeppelin's "Black Mountain Side" adapted from Jansch's "Blackwaterside".

NPR Topics: News 2011