Legendary Folk Musician Bert Jansch Dies

The World

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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