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 ...

CROPREDY, England (Reuters) - What better way for the founding fathers of British folk-rock to celebrate 45 years as a band than with an intimate gathering of 20,000 friends and family? Fairport ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The term folk rock has been absent from the vocabulary of the hip and cool for several decades. However, Fairport Convention, the band that hewed the form from the ...

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.

After a seven-year gap from producing a full-length album, British folk-rock band Mumford & Sons has returned to the music scene. The group’s homecoming is marked by the Friday release of its fifth ...

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Liege & Lief was Fairport Convention’s third album, released in 1969, and marked a dramatic and purposeful shift from the band’s previous sound. Following a car accident that killed drummer Martin ...

Veteran British folk artist and singer/songwriter Ralph McTell celebrated his 80th birthday on December 3. Although not a household name in the U.S., McTell has had a long, prolific, and influential ...

Folk guitarist John Renbourn is one of the artists you'll hear in World Cafe's British folk-rock playlist. (Getty Images) ...

The inspiration for the video came from 3D laser-cut wood puzzles. Aardman directors Karni and Saul said: “We are really pleased with the end result and the label and girls are too. It seems to have ...