Geoffrey Himes, Author at Washington City Paper

It’s no more accurate to say that Chris Strachwitz “discovered” Clifton Chenier than to say Christopher Columbus “discovered” America: The king of zydeco had thrived within an insular local scene […]

Author Archives: Geoffrey Himes

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We Got This by Chuck Brown, Reviewed

Bill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers and Dave Douglas and Keystone’s Spark of Being: Expand, Reviewed

Reviewed: Jon Dee Graham and the Fighting Cocks’ It’s Not as Bad as It Looks and Alejandro Escovedo’s Street Songs of Love

Reviewed: Neil Young: Long May You Run, The Illustrated History

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