Essential New Music: Samuel Blaser / Marc Ducret / Peter Bruun’s “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground”
Everest. Kilimanjaro. Fuji. Some mountains just have to be climbed, no matter what. Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground” is a bit like that. The guitar-playing preacher’s 1928 gospel-blues masterpiece looms large, and plenty of guitarists (notably Ry Cooder and Jack Rose) have contended with it. While their efforts often […]
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Magnet Magazine — Everest. Kilimanjaro. Fuji. Some mountains just have to be climbed, no matter what. Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground” is a bit like t... more info