Rosemary Lane

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<i>Rosemary Lane</i> is one of Bert Jansch’s most beloved albums and with good reason. It presents all his strongest attributes — his well-worn voice, his dexterous acoustic guitar playing — with a collection of tunes that are among his best and most endearing. Traditional folk tunes, such as the title track, “Reynardine” and “Sylvie,” instrumentals like “Alman” and “Peregrinations” and solid originals with classic flavorings, “Tell Me What Is True Love,” “A Dream, A Dream, A Dream,” “Wayward Child” and “Bird Song” among them, are delivered in the sparsest of settings with Jansch’s voice front and center and his guitar sitting just behind in the mix. The ‘60s were over and with it a new era of soft rock and heavy metal. Here Jansch sticks to his interests in traditional modes and foregoes a chance at mainstream success, relishing his chance to be one of folk music’s most important players. No one could author or perform a tune such as “M’Lady Nancy” with as much authority as Jansch. Yet, very shortly his career would take a new, unexpected path with <i>L.A. Turnaround</i>.

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