AN underrated West Coast guitarist, the great and mysterious John Fahey, is best known for gloomy, weird, angular records like "Blind Joe Death" and "The Voice of the Turtle" that begin in Charley Patton territory and in some ways anticipate the anti-folk movement. But for me, Fahey and his "American primitivist" style is most important as part of my Christmas experience, and has been for … [Read more...]
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