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The Pentangle in Europe
Two recent You Tube uploads of Pentangle performances in Europe. The first is from Norwegian TV in 1968, singing the Anne Briggs song The Time has Come: The second from French TV in 1972, with 6 songs, mostly from their Reflection LP:
Fergus Laing (and a rolling stone)
A song by Richard Thompson. Any resemblance to any living person is, I’m sure, entirely coincidental. Fergus Laing is a beast of a man He stitches up and fleeces He wants to manicure the world And sell it off in … Continue reading
Darrell Scott & Danny Thompson
Playing at HebCelt 2013 in Stornoway. Don’t forget the headphones: … and a slightly older recording featuring Danny Thompson with Pentangle (who were Jacqui Mcshee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Terry Cox)
Dave Swarbrick
Dave Swarbrick shared with Mark Twain the privilege of saying that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. Sadly, that is no longer true; he died on 3rd June this year, a fact not widely reported in Australia (although … Continue reading
Various routes to and from Nottamun Town
Recently reading the words to Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” I was struck by the similarity to the English folk song “Nottamun Town”. Searching the Internet I found very few references to this connection (although plenty to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan, Davy Graham, Fairport Convention, Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Jean Ritchie, Nottamun Town, Shirley Collins
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