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Nick Drake

Folk 

The Roots of Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1969, Alexi Murdoch, FIve Leaves Left, Iron and Wine, Joe Boyd, José Gonzalez, Nick Drake, Robert Kirby, Sufjan Stevens, The Making of Five Leaves Left

A new box set unearths the origin story of the British folk icon

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North Americana 

LISTEN: Megan Brickwood Moves On with ‘All The Same’

October 17, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aimee Mann, All The Same, Joni Mitchell, Megan Brickwood, Nick Drake, Pacific Northwest, Ryan Hadlock, Seattle

Debut album of the same name out this Friday

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Pop 

Françoise Hardy Was the Essence of Cool

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bob Dylan, David Bowie, France, Francoise Hardy, Michel Berger, Mick Jagger, Nick Drake, Pop, RIP, Thomas Dutronc, Veronique Sanson, Ye-Ye

Remembering the celebrated French pop star who died this week at age 80

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Art Pop Folk Instrumental Pop 

LISTEN: Stephen Bluhm Shares Early Peek at New Albums

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bard College, Hudson Valley, John Cale, New York, Nick Drake, Out of the Nowhere Into the Here, Pennsylvania, Stephen Bluhm

Both the vocal and instrumental versions of Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here. come out this Friday

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Folk 

River Man: Nick Drake at 75

June 19, 2023July 25, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, British Folk, David Roback, FIve Leaves Left, Fruit Tree, Mazzy Star, Nick Drake, Opal, Pink Moon, Rain Parade, Volkswagen

Reflections on an English icon taken away too soon

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Electronic Folk Indie Rock Uncategorized 

LISTEN: Hayden Arp Shares New LP With Eliza

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, album, Austria, Hayden Arp, Nick Drake, Premiere, Virginia, With Eliza

Check out the album the day before its wide release

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Folk 

Open Wide The Hymns You Hide: Pink Moon Turns 50

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bryter Layter, FIve Leaves Left, Island Records, Nick Drake, Pink Moon, Volkswagen

A half-century later, Nick Drake’s third LP continues to reveal new layers of a British folk icon gone too soon

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Art Pop Indie Rock Pop 

Write a Song, I’ll Sing Along: “Tigermilk” at 25

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, Belle and Sebastian, Glasgow, If You're Feeling Sinister, Iggy Pop, Isobel Campbell, New Order, Nick Drake, Scotland, Stuart Murdoch, The Velvet Underground, Tigermilk

What began as a school project became a template for an entire genre

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North Americana Remembrance 

Justin Townes Earle: Too Young, Too Soon

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Grand Ole Opry, Janis Joplin, Justin Townes Earle, Kurt Cobain, Nick Drake, RIP, Steve Earle, The Saint of Lost Causes, Wanda Jackson

The second generation singer-songwriter dead at the age of 38, cause unknown

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North Americana 

ALBUMS: The Sweet, Sublime Sadness of John Moreland

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Chris Porter, Jackson Browne, Jeff Buckley, John Moreland, Joni Mitchell, LP5, Nick Drake, Thirty Tigers

The acclaimed Thirty Tigers artist’s sobering sentiments reflect the thoughts of a remarkably tender troubadour 

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Folk Indie Rock 

Shannon Lay: August And Everything After

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments August, Laena Geronimo, Nick Drake, Shannon Lay, Sub Pop, Sunday Sundown, Ty Segall

The Rendondo Beach native connects with old pal Ty Segall to record her most personal collection of songs yet

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Alternative Rock 

Noah Gunderson Shares Lament With His Lover

September 2, 2019September 4, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Audrey Hepburn, Cooking Vinyl, Leonard Cohen, Lover, Nick Drake, Noah Gundersen Lover, Noah Gunderson, Robin Williams

Dissecting the lyrics to the gifted songwriter’s excellent new LP, despite sharing its title with Taylor Swift

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Folk 

When You’re Gone: Nick Drake’s Debut Album Turns 50 

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, FIve Leaves Left, Island Records, Nick Drake, Nick Drake Fruit Tree, Pink Moon, Volkswagen

Five decades later, Five Leaves Left still resonates with a beauty and grace that defies age

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Folk Rock 

Sunlight Through The Cracks

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments New West Records, Nick Drake, Parker Gispert, The Whigs

A trip back to the country finds Parker Gispert flipping his Whigs

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