Danny Thompson, acclaimed double-bass player for the influential British folk-rock group Pentangle, died on Tuesday, September 23, at age 86. According to a post on his social media pages, Thompson ...

Danny Thompson, a founding member of British folk rock band Pentangle, has died at the age of 86. The legendary folk rock bass player is known for his work with music luminaries like Kate Bush, John ...

Veteran British folk-rock drummer Gerry Conway, died Friday, March 29, at the age of 76. Among the many well-known artists with whom Conway played and recorded were Cat Stevens, Al Stewart, Jethro ...

Danny Thompson, the renowned bassist who was a member of the highly influential British folk rock band Pentangle, and played with such luminaries as Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, has died. He was 86.

Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore – an enchanted, subversive and strange version of a Britain where I could ...

Pentangle, live in 1969. Left to right: John Renbourne, Danny Thompson, Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch and Terry Cox Bert Jansch, Renbourne’s guitar playing foil in Pentangle, had in 1966 already issued a ...

Amongst the artists who, to a greater or lesser extent, explored ways to marry traditional British folk with the energy of rock in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span ...