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BBC Music on the World Service with Cerys Matthews: John Renbourn - Folk Musician

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John Renbourn - Folk Musician

07/01/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC Music on the World Service with Cerys Matthews, John Renbourn - Folk Musician

The remarkable life and career of the late English folk musician John Renbourn

The remarkable life and career of the late English folk musician John Renbourn.

The singer and guitarist was a pioneering figure in the English folk music scene of the 1960s, and was perhaps best known for being part of the folk group Pentangle. As a solo artist, his most influential album was 1968’s Sir John Alot, which featured his take on tunes from the Medieval era. Cerys Matthews looks back at his remarkable life and career.

(Photo: John Renbourn from Pentangle 1968-73)

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