Month: May 2003

Jay Farrar, Terroir Blues

Originally published in The Rake’s “Broken Clock” roundup of short arts & entertainment reviews, May 23, 2003. Read the complete article on the original website. That’s not a typo—terroir is a French term roughly meaning “soil” that has less to do with the current geopolitical bugbear than Farrar’s ongoing fascination with American culture and traditions. A song cycle …