Mike Heron A couple of years ago I looked up and realised that my musical output had dwindled and now consisted mainly of performances of Incredible String Band material with the Glasgow band ...

British singer-songwriter Licorice McKechnie performing with the Incredible String Band at Woodstock in 1969 - Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images Some say she disappeared while hitch-hiking ...

Looking back at the British rock scene of the late 1960s, it's hard to believe that bands as diametrically opposed as Pink Floyd and Incredible String Band could share a concert bill. Floyd were ...

Looking back at the British rock scene of the late 1960s, it's hard to believe that bands as diametrically opposed as Pink Floyd and Incredible String Band could share a concert bill. Floyd were ...

Final trawl of the vaults turns up a double CD’s worth of lost sounds by the Scottish folk starsailors Modern ears frequently can’t get past the more frivolous side of The Incredible String Band: the ...

Might not be a stretch to suggest (especially considering Donovan) that British folk rock started in Scotland at least as much as England. The Incredible String Band materialized in Edinburgh and ...

In 2007 a friend I had met in the US came to stay for a few days. She put some music she thought I might like on my laptop. Two of these albums turned out to be two of the most important things that ...

The Incredible String Band were one of the most influential bands of the Sixties but their roots lie in the folk clubs of Edinburgh. Their incredible journey took them from experimenting in Scotland's ...

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Seven years ago, reviewing an unknown young cellist's Wigmore Hall debut, Robert Cowan wound up with the words: "He will surely become a significant presence in our musical life." Tonight, that ...