David Joseph Cousins, the visionary singer, songwriter and leader of the British folk and progressive rock band the Strawbs, passed away peacefully at the age of 85 on July 13 at Pilgrims Hospice in ...

Dave Cousins, the frontman and a founding member of the Strawbs, has died. He was 85. The band announced his death on Facebook. “It is with profound sadness that we have to announce the passing for ...

When Dave Cousins completed 2023 Strawbs album The Magic Of It All, he was determined it wouldn’t be their last. Sadly his death in July 2025, aged 80, ended a story that began in 1964. Ahead of that ...

If you want something a little different when you go to a concert, then it's worth checking out The Strawbs whenever they come to Leicester... Last year they played the Guildhall on a January night so ...

Strawbs founding member and longtime frontman Dave Cousins has died, aged 80. The news was reported this afternoon on Cousin's Facebook page. The statement reads: "DAVID JOSEPH COUSINS 1940-2025 It is ...

AS STRAWBS move into their fifth decade of music making, it is still difficult to categorise the unique sound that has made them Britain’s most successful international progressive folk-rock band. The ...

It was a good year to form a band in England. As Beatlemania swept America in 1964, talent scouts flooded England in search of the next Beatles. Singer-guitarist David Cousins — who formed the Strawbs ...