Tag Archives: John Renbourn

Three English Dances

Posted on 19/07/2024 by dougaj4

You Tube links to John Renbourn playing The English Dance posted here previously have been deleted, so here other two other performers’ versions: Cover of John Renbourn’s arrangement of a traditional medieval tune simply known as “English Dance”. Great guitarist … Continue reading →

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Seven -Up

Posted on 06/03/2018 by dougaj4

A very nice version of John Renbourn’s “Seven Up” recently discovered on You Tube:   … which led me to another piece by the same artist: … and a live version of Sweet Potato by Renbourn himself.  

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Jansch and Renbourn live

Posted on 28/08/2017 by dougaj4

Three recently uploaded You Tube recordings of live performances by guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.  As further evidence that the quality of a You Tube video is inversely proportional to the number of views, none of the three have … Continue reading →

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John Renbourn; Trotto and English Dance

Posted on 04/11/2015 by dougaj4

A YouTube video of a live performance of John Renbourn’s English Dance was removed some time ago.  The video below features a different performance, so I hope it survives: And from the same source, a recording of a full concert … Continue reading →

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John Renbourn; 1944 – 2015

Posted on 23/04/2015 by dougaj4

John Renbourn John Renbourn, who has died aged 70, was one half of the powerful guitar duo of Pentangle, the innovative jazz-folk band of the 1960s and 70s. While his fellow guitarist, Bert Jansch, brought great emotion and inventiveness to … Continue reading →

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