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Newsletter 8 Autumn 2019

More online Bert Jansch workshops – book now

Bert Jansch Foundation presents a further series of online guitar workshops in March led by three expert teachers. Choose your tutor(s) and date and Book Now from our Workshops page Suitable for guitarists of all ages and backgrounds who can fingerpick and read tab or staff notation, each 3-hour workshop costs £30 (£5 discount off each […]

Bert Jansch workshops go online – book now

Bert Jansch Foundation presents a series of online guitar workshops led by three expert teachers. Starting Sunday 24 May: choose your tutor(s) and date and Book Now Suitable for guitarists of all ages and backgrounds who can fingerpick and read tab or staff notation, each 3-hour workshop costs £30 (£5 discount off each workshop when booking […]

Two Bert Transcribed folk guitar workshops at EFDSS confirmed

Two folk guitar workshops are coming up based on Bert’s music and innovative techniques on Saturday 11 May 2019 and again on Saturday 14 December.  Jon Riley and Thomas Fairhurst from the Bert Transcribed group of experts convened by the Bert Jansch Foundation, will present insights into the elements of Bert’s guitar playing and advice on how to achieve […]

For Bert Jansch: Around the World in 80 plays launches on Bert’s 75th birthday

On what would have been Bert’s 75th birthday, we are delighted to launch For Bert Jansch: Around the World in 80 plays in which a TransAcoustic guitar, the latest version of Bert’s favoured Yamaha L series, will travel from artist to artist across the globe to play and say something special for Bert. Each artist […]

Bert Transcribed: The Bert Jansch Songbook is out now

Bert Transcribed: The Bert Jansch songbook is now available on the Wise Publications imprint of sheet music leaders, Music Sales. The result of extensive research by a team of leading Jansch experts convened by the Foundation, this celebratory volume contains 24 songs meticulously transcribed and annotated to detail every aspect of his unique style and […]

Ian Rankin to be special guest compere at Bert Inspired in Edinburgh

The Bert Jansch Foundation is delighted to be bringing Bert Inspired – a Tribute to Bert Jansch to the city where Bert grew up, and even more thrilled that Edinburgh’s award-winning novelist, Ian Rankin, will be its special guest compere. Rankin has long-held a deep affection for Jansch’s music; which has even permeated one of his celebrated Jack Rebus series […]

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