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John Train: Mesopotamia Blues.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)

From: Sing Out!  |  Date: 3/22/2008  |  Author: Tearson, Michael

JOHN TRAIN

Mesopotamia Blues

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First a key fact you might not know: Mesopotamia is the ancient name for the region now known as Iraq. Thus John Train's Mesopotamia Blues is his album about the ongoing, neverending misadventure in Iraq.

John Train is Jon Houlon. He wrote seven songs here and set Rudyard Kipling's eerie and disquieting "Mesopotamia (1917)" to music. "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" depicts visitors to Iraq over many decades each ...

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