The great British songwriter-singer-guitarist John Martyn was born on this day in 1948. Here he is with “Head and Heart” from the 1971 album Bless the Weather.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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