American Pirate On The Rocks: Rickie Lee Jones
Richard Cook, NME, 9 July 1983
On a rare visit from her new home in France, Rickie Lee Jones lays down her cutlass and beret to discuss the songwriter's art, dissect the jazz step and look through some old valentines. Richard Cook attends a girl at her volcano and succumbs to the freefall.
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