“Somebody said I was the ice queen, because I just didn’t move on stage – I was terrified!” The woman who became a prog star after being asked to lead the singing at anti-nuke marches

Pentangle.

Pentangle vocalist Jacqui McShee was part of the original 1960s line-up with Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, and has subsequently become the longest-serving member, continuing their musical legacy as Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle. In 2020 she told Prog about how she found a career in music, even though she hadn’t planned on it.

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