Archie Shepp

Were I the Minister of Kultur, or at the most the Great Program Director in the Sky, here's
what I would do: order that "Attica Blues," the maddest, blackest and most visceral
expression of musical rage ever produced be played by every radio station in the country,
not only as some token, a sadly miniscule reparation for the massacre of over 40 prisoners
and guards during last year's uprising at New York's Attica State Prison at the han... More >