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Terry Cox obituary

Drummer with Pentangle, the folk-rock group who found fame in the 1960s with their fusion of jazz, blues and traditional songs

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1

“Somebody said I was the ice queen, because I just didn’t move on stage – I was terrified!” The woman who became a prog star after being asked to lead the singing at anti-nuke marches

She’d had no plans for a life in music, but wound up working with some of the biggest names of the 60s folk resurgence

Louder · Mar 25

Pentangle drummer Terry Cox, who also played on David Bowie's Space Oddity, has died, aged 89

Drummer Terry Cox was part of the classic Pentangle line-up alongside Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson

Louder · Mar 24

Wizz Jones obituary

Guitarist, singer and songwriter who performed with John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and Ralph McTell

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025

A beginner's guide to progressive folk in 10 acts - it's not all 'hey nonny nonny', y'know

Folk and folk rock bands are responsible for some of the most progressive music ever made. Not only that, but they influenced the rock world as we know it

Louder · Nov 28, 2024

“At the end of a tour Bert said to his roadie, ‘Do you want a guitar? Take your pick.’ And the guy said, ‘Well, I’d like that Fylde...” Gordon Giltrap on why Bert Jansch changed his life – and how he ended up with the folk icon’s ’70s acoustic

It's no exaggeration to say that hearing Jansch forever changed Gordon Giltrap. Now that he owns Jansch's guitar, it has offered him a unique perspective on his hero...

Guitar World · Nov 15, 2024

Open G minor chords: 5 shapes you need to know

Tuned D G D G Bb D, open G minor will give you a fresh perspective on the instrument, and with it new chord shapes to learn

Guitar World · Sep 26, 2024

“All those riffs came out with the Mulecaster. An amazing instrument that weighs a ton but sounds utterly timeless and three dimensional”: Folk great John Smith on his life-changing Mulecaster experience and why the Quad Cortex isn’t just for metalheads

As the influential UK folk guitarist gears up to take his new album, The Living Kind, out on the road, he joins us to explain how a shift in his gear and writing process has had a profound effect on his music

Guitar World · May 16, 2024

“It shows how the founding five’s skills that first bewitched in the early 1970s didn’t fade in the slightest”: Pentangle’s Reunions clamshell box

Four-disc collection spans live appearances from 1982 to 2011

Louder · Jan 7, 2024

“It’s hard to deliver a gig to a chest of drawers in your bedroom. You worry about technique, then the recording can sound clinical”: How British acoustic great Clive Carroll tackled John Renbourn classics – and the psychological hurdles of home recording

Carroll’s new double-album, The Abbott, sees him perform the late John Renbourn’s work – he explains why and how he did it, and offers an in-depth guide to performing Renbourn’s masterpieces

Guitar World · Nov 30, 2023