he resulting new book, Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, goes leagues beyond extended album review fanboy territory and illustrates in full kaleidoscopic fashion a post-folk avant-garde rock scene that was expressly centered around the Greater Boston region, but which resonated far and wide for decades after.
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RYLEY WALKER: PART COSMIC TROUBADOUR, PART PUNK ROCKER
Do you want another dumpy white dude playing acoustic guitar and singing about his girlfriend? No, let's go far out.