Longtime resident Ian Whitcomb was Altadena’s own: a fun-loving, one-of-a-kind and multi-talented musician, entertainer, and writer who arrived in Southern California to stay with the British Invasion ...

This is FRESH AIR. We're going to remember Ian Whitcomb, an eccentric figure in the world of pop music. He died last month in Pasadena from complications of a stroke. He was 78. Many people knew him ...

If you've never heard of Ian Whitcomb, don't call yourself a die-hard fan of the ukulele. Not until you listen to this radio feature, anyway. Whitcomb's eclectic musical life goes back decades, to ...

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Ian Whitcomb, a longtime favorite performer and lecturer in Eugene at the The Shedd Institute’s Oregon Festival of American Music, died in Los Angeles Sunday, April 19. He was 78. The British-born ...

British singer-songwriter and author Ian Whitcomb, a long-time resident of Los Angeles, has died. He was 78. While studying in Dublin, he formed the band Bluesville, which released the single “This ...

After his 1965 single “You Turn Me On” became a Top 10 hit, he renounced rock stardom for older musical idioms like ragtime. By Daniel E. Slotnik Ian Whitcomb, who had a rock ’n’ roll hit in 1965 with ...