Legendary Folk Musician Bert Jansch Dies

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Bert Jansch died Wednesday of lung cancer. He was 67.

Anchor Marco Werman talks to Scottish radio producer Stewart Cruickshank, who produces Radio Scotland’s Iain Anderson Show, a long-running music program that showcases singer-songwriters.

Cruickshank says that Jansch formed the folk-rock band Pentangle, which was the premiere folk-rock band in the UK in the 60s and 70s.

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