She's expecting me tonight.I don't make it obvious, just stand at the back, waiting.She spots me just before the break, eyebrows raised seeing me in a skirt.Smiling, she finishes the set with the new one she wrote, "Groove For That...

The Blitz and My Balladier

"She set fireworks off in his soul and then the real explosions started."

Bombs dropped from the London atmosphere like overripe apples falling from the trees in the orchard back home. Since the Blitz began last September, the London sky wasn't filled with clouds or stars; it was filled with explosive devices and...