The fingerpicking, the independent nature of Drake taking on the song alone, the existential nature of his lyrics… “Which Will” is the kind of song that won’t leave you easily or quickly. 4.

GUY GARVEY well remembers when he first became captivated by the music of Nick Drake.The Elbow frontman was 20, ... which contains some of Drake’s most poetic and melancholic lyrics.

The wistful, haunted English singer-songwriter Nick Drake (1948-74) had one of the strangest careers in the history of pop music, almost all of it posthumous. ... and his elliptical lyrics.

On Sunday, November 24, 1974, Nick Drake went to bed at 10:30 p.m., earlier than usual. It was a dreary day at Far Leys, ... Side B featured five songs he had lyrics for but had yet to record: ...

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 ...

Almost 50 years after dying from an overdose, the folky singer-songwriter Nick Drake is more popular than ever. With a new biography and covers album of his songs out, Neil Armstrong sifts truth ...

To order a copy of Nick Drake's poetry collection, 'The Man in the White Suit' (Bloodaxe £7.95), or his novel 'Nefertiti' (Bantam £12.99) for £11.50 (free p&p on both titles), call Independent ...

The brainchild of Cally Callomon, Manager of the Nick Drake Estate, and Jeremy Lascelles, co-founder of Blue Raincoat Music and CEO of Chrysalis Records, “The Endless Coloured Ways” also ...

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 ...