A musical adaptation that “capture(s) the horror, grief, and love that permeate the Iliad and the combat experience." "The Blues of Achilles is a set of seventeen songs, each sung from the point of view of one of the poem’s characters. The lyrics are specific to the war’s time and place, but resonate on a more universal level; Goodkin performs these tunes solidly in the American folk tradition."

Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter and guitarist. He has released 13 albums of original music under the name Paper Arrows and his own name. His has been described variously as “Mutations-era Beck cutting his teeth on the early works of Leonard Cohen” (Parcbench), a “successor to Woody Guthrie” (Indie Voice Blog), and "a tremendous and fearless songwriter” (Anhedonic Headphones). He composed two modern folk opera retellings of Homer’s epic poems the Odyssey and the Iliad (entitled The Blues of Achilles) which he has performed a combined over 400 times in all 50 US states and Europe as a guest of such institutions as Harvard, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, and many more. Joe’s 13th album, Consolations and Desolations, is available everywhere you get digital music.