The year was 1969 — I’m pretty sure — and a bunch of us underage hippie freaks went to the Fillmore East to catch this far-out folk group from Great Britain called the Incredible String Band. My ...

The Incredible String Band was a British psychedelic folk group formed in the 1960s by songwriters Robin Williamson and Mike Heron. The band’s music blended elements of traditional folk, world music, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British singer-songwriter Licorice McKechnie performing with the Incredible String Band at Woodstock in 1969 - Graphic ...

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 ...

Although its initial rise was concurrent with that of kindred bands like Fairport Convention and Pentangle, the Incredible String Band was something of an anomaly even then, what with its world-music ...

The new folk revival has rightly led to renewed interest in the experiments of the 60s folk scene, and the pioneering work of Pentangle and Fairport Convention. But what of the Incredible String Band, ...

Despite a recent reissue series, and a revival of interest that has seen younger musicians starting to offer tribute, the Incredible String Band remain one of the less rediscovered of the great 60s ...

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 ...

It goes without saying that any edition of the Incredible String Band that doesn't include co-founder Robin Williamson in its ranks leaves a lot to be desired. But "Nebulous Nearnesses" nonetheless ...

Just a couple years after the Beatles raised eyebrows with a single sitar, this Scottish combo made two of the most fearlessly and promiscuously eclectic folk albums of all time. The 5000 Spirits or ...

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 ...