Barack Obama’s inclusion of Nick Drake’s wistful and timeless “One of These Things First” on his annual summer playlist last year was one of the former president’s genuinely unexpected jams. But it ...
Spanning four LPs (or four CDs, if that’s your thing), The Making of Five Leaves Left contains 30 previously unheard tracks, including demos and studio outtakes. “I knew Nick was making this album (we ...
A new Nick Drake album has been announced, featuring various artist interpretations of his classic songs. The late artist, who is best known for songs such as “Pink Moon”, “Place To Be” and “Northern ...
Hooray! We’re going out of sequence with my master plan for No Skips, the weekly column where I judge an album per track to see if any are skippable. This week, we’re taking a glimpse at Nick Drake’s ...
Nick Drake’s Estate has authorized the July 25 release of The Making of Five Leaves Left, coming from Island/UME. The impending deliverable is rooted in 30+ demos, unheard studio outtakes, and ...
Music tends to take on a new meaning after the artist who created it dies, and the death of English singer-songwriter Nick Drake on November 25, 1974, and the subsequent effects his passing had on his ...
Nick Drake is the poster child for the stereotype of the musician doomed to die young in relative obscurity, but rediscovered and championed by future generations. His three late 60s/early 70s albums ...
In her column “Made a Mixtape, Hope You Like It,” Amanda Altarejos ’26 curates a “mixtape” of modern music for older artists. Listen here for a playlist “for nick drake.” In most of his third and ...
What makes you think of fall? The smell of dry leaves, the sound of a crackling fire, maybe the taste of a pumpkin spice latte? - well, for me, nothing makes me think of fall more than this ...