
John Renbourn
Artists · Musicians · guitarist
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
External & source links
John Renbourn gallery
Notable works
Unpentangled (The Sixties Albums)
Live in Kyoto 1978
Joint Control
The Attic Tapes
Palermo Snow
Nobody’s Fault but Mine: The John Renbourn Anthology 1966–2005
Keeper of the Vine: The Best of John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman
Traveller's Prayer
The Definitive Transatlantic Collection
Live... In Concert
After the Dance
Bert and John
Renbourn & Jansch
The Nine Maidens and Others
Snap a Little Owl
Lost Sessions
Watch the Stars
La chitarra e le ballate celtiche di John Renbourn: Live in Italy
The John Renbourn Sampler
Faro Annie
So Early in the Spring
Down on the Barge
There You Go!
Under the Volcano
John Renbourn
The Hermit
So Clear - The John Renbourn Sampler Volume Two
The Transatlantic Anthology
Heritage
Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & ye Grene Knygte
John Renbourn's Ship of Fools
The Black Balloon
Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn
So Clear
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
John Renbourn / Another Monday
Collected
Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1988
BBC Live In Concert
The Jazz Tinge
The Nine Maidens
Vol 1 - The Soho Years
The Lady and the Unicorn / The Hermit
The Three Kingdoms
The Best of John Renbourn
A Thousand Words
Wheel of Fortune
The Lady and the Unicorn
The Guitar of John Renbourn
Another Monday
John Renbourn