When a previously unreleased version of the late Chris Whitley's Din of Ecstasy came to my attention, it was like accidentally unearthing a manuscript from the Dead Sea Scrolls of my personal narrative. Hyperbolic as that may sound, I've clutched nearly every one of those songs like a pillow at some crucial point in my … Continue reading “Offending the Ice Age”: Memorial Reflections on Chris Whitley’s Legacy