Wizz Jones may not be a household name but he came out of the same scene as Eric Clapton and influenced everyone from Keith ...

Would you say that Bert was a significant influence on your own playing? “That first album [Bert Jansch, 1965] changed my ...

Bert Jansch influenced a range of musicians from Jimmy Page, who took a Jansch folk song and turned it into a Led Zeppelin rocker, to Paul Simon, who learned from the Scottish-born guitarist and ...

Would you say that Bert was a significant influence on your own playing? “That first album [Bert Jansch, 1965] changed my life.It made me realise what can be done with one man and one guitar.

The Scottish acoustic-guitar legend Bert Jansch—pronounced jansh—died today, at the age of sixty-seven, after a long battle with lung cancer. He released his first solo record, “Bert Jansch ...

Bert Jansch, the veteran acoustic musician and inspiration to a generation of rock axemen, gives the music writer and guitar neophyte Will Hodgkinson some tips on how to become a legend.

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 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 ...

Scottish singer-songwriter Bert Jansch has inspired artists such as Jimmy Page, Paul Simon and Neil Young with his playing. Hear the legendary folk artist perform on World Cafe.

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 by ...

Bert’s third album (Jack Orion, 1966), and the Jansch/Renbourn collaborative album, Bert And John (also 1966), marked a fusion of the friends’ guitar styles, born out of the pair’s jamming ...