Recorded during the second of two nights John Renbourn played at Kyoto’s Jittoku Coffeehouse, Live in Kyoto 1978 captures the guitarist in a moment of intimacy and precision. Poised and unhurried, the set finds Renbourn relaxed, patiently threading his repertoire before a hushed, attentive room. A baker’s dozen, these recordings were captured on site by audio archivist Satoro Fujii and unearthed forty years later in 2018 via Drag City.
Category: John Renbourn
John Renbourn: The Attic Tapes / Bert Jansch: Moonshine
John Renbourn and Bert Jansch came together to weave beautiful guitar tapestries in Pentangle. But the pair, of course, did plenty of work on their own. Both have passed on, […]
John Renbourn :: 1944 – 2015
We lost a great musician this week — English guitarist John Renbourn. Whether duetting with Bert Jansch , creating a masterful folk-jazz hybrid with Pentangle , or playing all on his own , Renbourn was the epitome of taste, style . . . Only the good […]
