Thursday, February 3, 2011

A Pentagle Of Music



Pentangle are a British band formed in the late 60's who floored spectators with their brand of folk jazz. Headed by guitar virtuoso Bert Jansch they had a huge commercial success over in Europe and most of the US. Jansch's strong voice paired well with Jacqui McShee's angelic soft voice. Pentangle used a plethora of different instruments in traditional folk songs to change the sound but still hold true to the richness of folk. House Carpenter is an old traditional folk song that has been sung by Dave Van Ronk, Doc Watson, and Joan Beaz just to name a few. Here Pentangle switched it up by throwing in a indian sitar and it sounded beautiful under McShees and Janschs voices. Beautiful job from one of Britian's national treasure.

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