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“If
I had to choose one record this year it would be Bert Jansch's The
Black Swan” – Graham Coxon in THE INDEPENDENT
(22 December 2006)
“If you bought Bob Dylan's Modern
Times you should buy Black Swan…an LP that's as agile and
absorbing as anything he's released since his classic 1965 debut”
– Paul Morley in THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (8
October 2006)
“MOJO INSTANT CLASSIC”
/ * * * * *
“a
beautiful, evocative piece of music…his strongest album in years”
–
MOJO (October 2006)
5/5
“Bert's
best album in years” – THE SUN (22 September
2006)
"Few
albums could usher in the autumn
with such quiet grace and majesty"
– WORD (October 2006)
“The
Black Swan rivals his best work” – MOJO's 50 Best Albums
of 2006 – MOJO
(January 2007)
“a
masterful musician whose powers are in full effect...ravishing…A
sustained pleasure” – Q (October
2006)
* * * * “about as perfect a fusion of old Janschian virtues with nu-acoustic production values as you could wish for” – THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (17 September 2006)
* * * * “haunting and powerful” – UNCUT (October 2006)
STOP PRESS
Bert talks to Joan Armatrading on BBC Radio 4
Hear Bert playing and talking to Joan Armatrading today (Friday 31 July) on BBC Radio 4 at 3.45pm. Recorded several months ago, Bert is part of a five part series where singer, songwriter and guitarist Joan interviews her favourite guitar players (previous programmes featured Mark Knopfler, Bonnie Raitt, John Williams and Russell Lissack) about their music and guitar technique. Catch the programme featuring Bert today on BBC Radio 4 (92-95 FM) at 3.45pm (BST) or listen again for a week at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/radio4.
North American tour cancelled
Due to unexpected illness, Bert has had to cancel his North American tour (about to start on 26 June) as well as some UK dates. Bert is very sorry to be missing the tour, and apologises to all the fans who were hoping to see him. He is looking forward to rescheduling as soon as possible.
In the meantime, the new edition of L.A. Turnaround has had five-star reviews in both MOJO and UNCUTand there has been lots of excitement around the reissue (for the first time on CD) of the three Charisma albums (see below). In the US and Canada the new CDs will be coming out on Drag City (as did The Black Swan) on July 21.
L.A. Turnaround, Santa Barbara Honeymoon and A Rare Conundrum to come out on CD – Monday 15 June 2009
Bert is truly delighted to announce at last the long-awaited first-time release on CD of the three albums he recorded in the 1970s for The Famous Charisma Label: the seminal L.A. Turnaround, Santa Barbara Honeymoon and A Rare Conundrum. These most sought after albums in Bert's catalogue have been out of print for decades and have never been available on CD before. The new CDs are scheduled for release by EMI/Virgin on 15 June 2009 and Bert has supervised the re-mastering of each album himself as well as hand-picking the bonus material, much of which is previously unreleased. In some cases this material is newly discovered from the album sessions and has been unheard by anyone in thirty years, including Bert himself! The new CD of L.A. Turnaround also includes an amazingly atmospheric and previously unseen 13 minute film, made during the recordings of the album at Tony Stratton Smith's Sussex mansion and featuring Bert, Mike Nesmith, Red Rhodes and others recording and performing four of the songs as well as relaxing and playing pool. The CD will be an “Enhanced CD” – put it in any computer to view the film. Each of the new editions is beautifully re-packaged, featuring all the original artwork plus brand new specially written sleevenotes along with contemporary photos and memorabilia. These releases have been a long time coming, but we think are worth the wait!
Visit Bert's official myspace page at www.myspace.com/bertjansch
and the official myspace for the original Pentangle at www.myspace.com/pentangle