SORRY this is a few days late, I've been busy burning wax candles, praying to the god of the harvest, wearing goofy hats and drinking watered-down Roman wine, but let me wish everyone a happy Saturnalia.To those who celebrate otherwise, a happy holiday to you as well.May the New Year and its harvests smile on you. … [Read more...]
Christmas With John Fahey
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...]