John Renbourn

John Renbourn is a British guitarist and songwriter. He is probably best-known as a member of the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career both before, during and after that band's existence (1967-1973).

While most commonly labelled a folk musician, Renbourn's catholic musical tastes and interests take in early music, bop, blues and world music. His most influential album, Sir John Alot (1968), featured his take on songs from the Medieval era.

In the mid 1980s Renbourn went back to university to earn a degree in composition, since which time he has focused mainly on writing classical music, while still performing in folk settings.