Matchbox Bluesmaster Series 6/ Various - Matchbox Bluesmaster Serie 5Here we present Volume 6 of the album release of the iconic Matchbox Bluesmaster series from the 1980s with extensive notes from world authority on the blues, Paul Oliver. There is no doubt Charlie Jackson was immensely popular as an entertainer who could sing this kind of blues, but whose great importance in the history of black song lay in the breadth of his repertoire. We are immensely fortunate to have such a generous representation of the work of

Terry Fox was a first generation Bay Area conceptual artist

and shopkeepers-the film also looks at the artistic process itself

Ghost Song

lawns and buildings covered in lights

Blag's retro Americana doppelganger

Prefab Sprout

reverbs chop off mid-tail

whose career plays out in his hometown

I wanted and needed to give voice to this essential human spirit

be-bopper Babs Gonzalez

fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money

maintaining sobriety