Words by Crystal Culler
Photos by Victoria Jacob

“Some people make candlesticks, I make people sad as hell,” William Fitzsimmons joked with the audience at his show in Louisville, Ky. He didn’t lie — though his soothing voice will hush a noisy crowd, his dark folk songs are post-divorce and desperate for lost love. Between songs, however, Fitzsimmons is gifted at dry wit and deadpan delivery, a master at using humor to soften the edge of his self-deprecating pleading.
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Legendary folk musician — and arguably one England’s best guitarists — Davy Graham passed away on Monday (December 15), he was 68. Graham’s manager Mark Pavey told the Guardian that the musician was “diagnosed with lung cancer only weeks ago and suffered a seizure at his home at around 3.30pm yesterday.”
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