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The Enduring Influence of John Fahey’s Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, 60 Years On

As The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death turns 60, Will Snelling explores how the record's combination of bare-bones intimacy and haunting atmosphere, post modern edge and inherent tension loom large over myriad artists today

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