Just as folk music was exploding on the counter-culture scene in the 1960s, John Fahey started playing solo, steel-string acoustic guitar. But he was no folk musician. “He hated the folk audiences,” ...

Acoustic guitarist John Fahey was impossible to classify. His eclectic music included traditional-sounding folk pieces, Indian ragas, blues, and unpredictable modern works, not fitting securely into ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

It's not just for John Fahey zealots, it's for anyone interested in the story of American music. The liner notes for Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You -- the complete recordings guitarist John Fahey ...