Issue Articles
John Jackson, Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down (Arhoolie Records)
When sifting through obscure blues, you find lots of characters. Life stories can equal, and sometimes even surpass, the music, but it is the music that ultimately counts—colorful stories only […]
Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet, The Juliet Letters (Warner Brothers Records)
A lesser talent might have screwed up such an interesting idea. Which is: based on the premise of the Veronese professor who replied to letters addressed to “Juliet Capulet,” write […]
Furry Lewis, Fourth and Beale (Lucky 7 Records)
Walter “Furry” Lewis and B.K. “Black Ace” Turner are footnotes in blues history, two slide guitarists with wildly different styles. Lewis was more the performer than the technician, his claim […]
Black Ace, I’m the Boss Card in Your Hand (Arhoolie Records)
Walter “Furry” Lewis and B.K. “Black Ace” Turner are footnotes in blues history, two slide guitarists with wildly different styles. Lewis was more the performer than the technician, his claim […]
