Bert Jansch live in concert.
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Bert Jansch

9
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

74
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Critic Consensus

Based on 9 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Bert Jansch is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. Bert Jansch concert reviews describe live shows and performances as engaging, masterful, and stunning.

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Blues Run The Game / Whiskey Man (Live At The BBC) (25 January 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Glasgow, United Kingdom (11/3/1943)
Bio
Herbert "Bert" Jansch (3 November 1943 - 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter.
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Critic Concert Reviews

The Skinny (UK)

March 6, 2008
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Lauded by the likes of Johnny Marr and Devandra Banhart Bert Jansch is the unrivalled grandaddy of folk guitar virtuosity.

Exclaim (Canada)

September 24, 2007
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Richard's on Richards, Vancouver, Canada

musicOMH (UK)

July 14, 2007
80
%
Bert Jansch @ Somerset House, London

The Skinny (UK)

October 13, 2006
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While undeniably a masterful guitarist he does not present a particularly engaging spectacle.

The Guardian (UK)

July 27, 2004
60
%
Jimmy Page and Neil Young have acknowledged their debts to Jansch's guitar playing and songwriting while artists of more recent vintage queueing to register their support include Bernard Butler Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher.

The Guardian (UK)

November 11, 2003
80
%
Lined up across the stage during the final blues jam was a most unlikely combination of musicians: 1960s survivor Ralph McTell alongside Johnny Marr Bernard Butler Hope Sandoval and assorted members of Mazzy Star and Johnny "Guitar" Hodge.

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

June 8, 2009
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Tapping my ring against my pint on Lady Of Baltimore was met by a brisk “can you stop that please”, as if the merest soupcon of percussion would defile it.

Past critic reviews published in

Pioneer Press (USA), Seattle Times (USA), AzCentral.com (USA), Yorkshire Evening Post (UK), The Herald (Scotland) and more

Image Credit

Chris Barber [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons