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A Man I'd Rather Be, the new Earth boxsets 13 November, 2017

Earth Recordings, who have created such sumptuous boxsets of Bert's '90s and 2000s catalogue, are now presenting his earliest work – including the seminal albums for Transatlantic – over 2 lovingly curated 4-disc box sets.

Part I, available from 26 January 2018, comprises Bert’s seminal 1960s output: Bert Jansch, It Don't Bother Me, Jack Orion and Bert And John. New listening notes from Bill Leader, as well as unseen photographs from Brian Shuel, complete this special collection.

Part II, to be release 24 February 2018, finishes off the Transatlantic era with Nicola, Birthday Blues and Rosemary Lane, with its fourth disc dedicated to Bert's only studio release for Reprise, Moonshine.

Both sets are available on vinyl and CD and are available for pre-order now from Bert Jansch's Bandcamp.

A Man I'd Rather Be, the new Earth boxsets 13 Nov, 2017

Earth Recordings, who have created such sumptuous boxsets of Bert's '90s and 2000s catalogue, are now presenting his earliest work – including the seminal albums for Transatlantic – over 2 lovingly curated 4-disc box sets.

Part I, available from 26 January 2018, comprises Bert’s seminal 1960s output: Bert Jansch, It Don't Bother Me, Jack Orion and Bert And John. New listening notes from Bill Leader, as well as unseen photographs from Brian Shuel, complete this special collection.

Part II, to be release 24 February 2018, finishes off the Transatlantic era with Nicola, Birthday Blues and Rosemary Lane, with its fourth disc dedicated to Bert's only studio release for Reprise, Moonshine.

Both sets are available on vinyl and CD and are available for pre-order now from Bert Jansch's Bandcamp.
Ian Rankin to compere Bert Inspired 2017 show 25 Jul, 2017

Edinburgh’s award-winning novelist, Ian Rankin, will be the special guest compere for the Bert Inspired - a Tribute to Bert Jansch show, in the city where Bert grew up. He will be introducing the artists paying musical tribute to Bert’s long and varied career; he will also reveal how Jansch’s deep blues and folk has inspired him personally.

Rankin has long-held a deep affection for Jansch’s music, which has even permeated one of his celebrated Jack Rebus series of novels. He says: "As a long-time fan of Bert's – I last saw him play live on the stage of the Queen's Hall – it's an honour to be involved in what promises to be a remarkable concert."

Bert Inspired - a Tribute to Bert Jansch – on Monday 21 August 2017 at 19:30, at The Queens Hall, Edinburgh – follows sold-out tributes to Bert in London in 2013 (broadcast on BBC4), and at Celtic Connections in 2016. Tickets are available from Queens Hall box office.
Bert Inspired 2017 show in Edinburgh announced 4 May, 2017

Announcing Bert Inspired - a Tribute to Bert Jansch, the upcoming concert in support of the Bert Jansch Foundation. The concert is part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and marks the publication of Bert Transcribed: the Bert Jansch Songbook.

Featured in the show will be music that shaped Bert, along with songs he gifted us, performed by musicians he worked with over his long career: Jacqui McShee of Pentangle with Mike Piggott, Steve Tilston, Bernard Butler, and not least Bert's original guitar teacher, Archie Fisher.

Also performing will be artists who have been touched by Bert’s music: Ben Watt, Karine Polwart and Alasdair Roberts, who says:

"It’s kind of impossible to be a Scottish guitarist and singer nowadays without confronting and exploring the work of the great Bert Jansch. The achievements he made and the precedents he set so early on are like a challenge to the rest of us, a gauntlet thrown down."

The other highlight of the show will be the launch of the Bert Transcribed songbook, which is made up up 24 new transcriptions of Bert’s songs and notes on his innovative techniques, by an expert team of guitarists and transcribers assembled by the Bert Jansch Foundation.

Bert Inspired - a Tribute to Bert Jansch is on Monday 21 August 2017 at 19:30, at The Queens Hall, Edinburgh. Tickets are available from Queens Hall box office.
"The Black Swan" single to be released for Record Store Day 2017 22 Mar, 2017

"The Black Swan", the title track from Jansch's last studio album, will see release on 7" vinyl for Record Store Day, with a demo version of the song appearing as B-side.

The song's two versions are at parallels: where the demo shows the bare bones of the track (working title: "Space Highway"), the finished article is something altogether more orchestral, with Helena Espvall's soaring cello providing a foil for Jansch's supremely melodic refrain. Fans will surely be intrigued to see the process involved in the evolution of "The Black Swan".

This vinyl release, limited to 2000 copies worldwide, has been remastered by Brian Pyle, with revamped artwork coming from Earth Recordings collaborator Hannah Alice, with her own interpretation of The Black Swan's plumage.