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Pentangle got a bit of stick and still does... but music is about putting ideas together and understanding them, not making sounds you think are trendy”: Why John Renbourn always stood up to the purists

John Renbourn.

John Renbourn was as surprised as anyone when he found a successful career as a musician. But, armed with a strong vision and determined to take on musical purists and their rules, he made an indelible mark with Bert Jansch and Pentangle through baroque prog and folk jazz. In 2011 – four years before his death at 70 – he looked back with Prog.


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