English musicians and music geeks extraordinaire Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness have posted a new episode of their podcast The Album Years. They talk about 1972, discussing albums by Tangerine Dream, Can, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, and a whole lot more. This is part #3 about this year. The pair can be watched on YouTube as well.
In 2014 author Richard Morton Jack go the OK from the estate to write his book about English singer-songwriter Nick Drake. The long wait is almost over: Nick Drake: The Life will be in the shops in June. Forword by Nick' sister Gabrielle and Joe Boyd, who discovered him, has giving his blessing as well: "This is the book we've been waiting for - the one Nick's legacy deserves and so badly needs. Richard Morton Jack has reconstructed Nick's life with great sensitivity and care, and in remarkable detail. It is a biography to be treasured".
Watch American singer and guitarist Josh Turner perform Nick Drake's Three Hours. Most Drake covers are misses at best, but he nailed it.
Watch Glen Hansard tackle the Nick Drake classic Place To Be. Filmed for Hauskonzerte.com in Munich in 2012.
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way". Some comfort from a playlist while the UK is struggling to make sense of the whole Brexit fuck up. Whatever happens, the music remains. In alphabetical order: Alberteen, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Robert Wyatt, Small Faces, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Zombies.
