Portrait of John Renbourn

John Renbourn

Artists · Musicians · guitarist

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

English guitarist and songwriter (1944–2015)

About John Renbourn

John Renbourn (8 August 1944 – 26 March 2015) was an English guitarist and songwriter. He was best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before, during and after that band's existence (1967–1973). Several albums were credited to the John Renbourn Group.

He worked later in a duo with Stefan Grossman. While most commonly labelled a folk musician, Renbourn's musical tastes and interests took in early music, classical music, jazz, blues and world music. His most influential album, Sir John Alot (1968), featured his take on tunes from the medieval period.

Quick facts

Known for
Unpentangled (The Sixties Albums), Live in Kyoto 1978, Joint Control
Born
1944-08-08
Died
2015-03-26
Artist type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Marylebone
Associated area
United Kingdom
Active period
1944-08-08 – 2015-03-26
Genres
folk, folk rock, singer-songwriter
Music tags
acoustic, british, british folk, classic pop and rock, folk, folk rock, guitar, singer-songwriter
ISNI
0000000374168685
IPI
00065410792, 00122227126

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