Personnel: Bert Jansch (vocal, guitar, banjo, percussion); Peter Kirtley (guitar, percussion, background vocals); Frank Wulff (alto flute, percussion, rainstick); Steve Baker (harmonica); Danny Thompson (upright bass, percussion, chimes); Steven Wulff (percussion). Producers: Danny Thompson, Bert Jansch, Peter Kirtley. Recorded at O-Ton/Ougenweide Studio, Hamburg, Germany in 1990. 30 years into their careers, most performers are either at the Elder Statesman level or plugging away on the nostalgia circuit. Either way, their most interesting and vital music is long past. Happily, this is not the case with Bert Jansch. SKETCHES, recorded in 1990-nearly three decades after the release of his classic self-titled debut-finds the Scottish-born folk guitarist playing with the same vitality and singing in the same clear voice that made him a leading lights of traditional British folk in the '60s, both solo and with The Pentangle. Nor has Jansch lost his immense songwriting talent. The bluesy "Running, Running From Home" and the Richard Thompson-like "Day Grows Longer Now" are among his finest compositions. SKETCHES sits comfortably next to Jansch's string of classic '60s and '70s releases.

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Personnel: Bert Jansch (vocal, guitar, banjo, percussion); Peter Kirtley (guitar, percussion, background vocals); Frank Wulff (alto flute, percussion, rainstick); Steve Baker (harmonica); Danny Thompson (upright bass, percussion, chimes); Steven Wulff (percussion). Producers: Danny Thompson, Bert Jansch, Peter Kirtley. Recorded at O-Ton/Ougenweide Studio, Hamburg, Germany in 1990. 30 years into their careers, most performers are either at the Elder Statesman level or plugging away on the nostalgia circuit. Either way, their most interesting and vital music is long past. Happily, this is not the case with Bert Jansch. SKETCHES, recorded in 1990-nearly three decades after the release of his classic self-titled debut-finds the Scottish-born folk guitarist playing with the same vitality and singing in the same clear voice that made him a leading lights of traditional British folk in the '60s, both solo and with The Pentangle. Nor has Jansch lost his immense songwriting talent. The bluesy "Running, Running From Home" and the Richard Thompson-like "Day Grows Longer Now" are among his finest compositions. SKETCHES sits comfortably next to Jansch's string of classic '60s and '70s releases.