I interviewed him a couple of times, on both occasions – tellingly – to discuss the merits of other artists rather than his own considerable legacy. Lugubrious, taciturn, a little wary, Jansch was ...

This October it will have been five years since the guitarist Bert Jansch died of lung cancer at the age of 67 in a Hampstead hospice, and with him went a seismic presence on the British folk scene.

When faced with having to sum up Bert Jansch’s life it is nigh on impossible to choose what to focus on first, as they do so summarily in those cursory opening lines of your regular obituary. Is his ...

Bert Jansch should be accustomed to younger musicians standing in awe of him. After all, it was 40 years ago when no less than Donovan paid homage to the folk guitarist-singer with the songs “Bert’s ...

Bert Jansch, one of the central figures of the 1960s and '70s British folk music scene, died Wednesday morning. Both as a solo artist and as a member of the group Pentangle, the guitarist, singer and ...

Bert Jansch, a revered, enigmatic Scottish singer-guitarist whose effect on a host of prominent musicians eclipsed his own fame, has died. He was 67. Jansch died Wednesday at a hospital in London of ...

In this interview from Uncut Take 152 [January 2010 issue], Bert Jansch talks about his career as one of Britain's greatest guitarists, folk, blues and being a “26-pints-a-night man” In this interview ...

A messy thatch of black hair and sideburns gazing back at the camera, a beehived girl on the floor… the cover of It Don’t Bother Me, Bert Jansch’s second solo LP, shows that ’60s folk music wasn’t ...

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A new career-spanning Bert Jansch 'best of' collection called Just A Simple Soul has been announced for October 26. Compiled by Bernard Butler and the Bert Jansch estate, it draws from all eras of ...

Young compared Jansch's impact on the possibilities of the acoustic guitar as comparable to that of Jimi Hendrix's on the electric. Right up until his illness (he died after a struggle with lung ...