According to various reports, Bert Jansch has died. He may not have been hugely famous, but this is sad news all the same… and we’re going to tell you why.

Jansch was a titan of the folk scene who inspired many artists ranging from Led Zeppelin to Blur’s Graham Coxon to The Smiths’ Johnny Marr. He’s arguably one of the finest guitarists the world ever saw, mercifully eschewing awful axe-wielding and 30 minute guitar solos.

The legendary Scot has suffering from lung cancer for a good number of years now and it would appear that he’s finally succumbed to the disease (although, everyone is awaiting confirmation of his death, thereby potentially making us all look a bit stupid with these pre-emptive tributes). Either way, this is a perfectly good time to look at some of his best music.

Jansch – a founding member of ace folk combo Pentangle – has recently cancelled shows, with a statement on his official site saying he was “unwell” and set to spend “at least” one week in hospital.

With Pentangle, Jansch made a comeback to the live arena, teaming up with long friend/enemy Jon Renbourn. Jansch also co-headlined a US tour with Neil Young.

Bert’s work influenced many, with Paul Simon, Bernard Butler, Nick Drake, Donovan and Devendra Banhart all citing him as an influenced, as well as the aforementioned.

And so, let us look at some of his work, and stop this cloying business at once.

Bert, you’ll be missed.

**UPDATE** Reports confirmed. Bert Jansch RIP.

Travelling Song

Black Waterside

Moonshine

Light Flight

It Don’t Bother Me (With Johnny Marr)

Lucky Thirteen

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Robert Pattinson. A man so boring that he can stare at a bag of peanuts and they’ll wither into Sun-Pat before his lifeless eyes. A man so criminally dull that air turns stagnant when he wakes up in the morning.

And so, in a bid to show us that he has some personality, he’s gone and done a good deed.

While in Los Angeles – the town where even the roads are made out of a silicon – R-Patz bought a tramp an acoustic guitar, leaving the tramp glaring at this hollow figure thinking ‘money, food or Special Brew would’ve been nice, you ingrate.’

It appears that the Twilight star noticed that a homeless man didn’t have a guitar. Everyone else walking by noticed the more pressing issue of the vagrant not having a house either, but hey ho.

And so, ever thoughtful, Rob went to a nearby music store and bought a red electric guitar. Realising that the homeless man didn’t have an amp, or indeed, any plug sockets in which to power the thing, he went back and bought an acoustic.

Holidaymakers Luke Jones and girlfriend Kirsty Rowlands recognised Pattinson and said:

“Robert quickly went back to his car and drove off. The busker was totally shell-shocked. He had no idea who Robert was – I think he thought the guitar was stolen.”

Of course, the vagrant in question can only remember the guitar. It is rumoured that he found Pattinson so terminally boring that he daydreamed that the guitar simply presented itself to him, floating on some particularly unremarkable air which may or may not have had the whiff of chastity vampire about it.

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