Nick Drake (Nicholas Rodney Drake, Rangoon, Burma, June 19, 1948 - Tanworth-in-Arden, England, November 25, 1974) was an English folk singer known for his gentle, enigmatic songs a...read more on Last.fm →
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colin fitzgerald
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Apr 10, 2010
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Folk music is often dismissed by its detractors as a "less-than-musically-complex" genre. Many negatively associate it with its somewhat (and sometimes painfully) annoying guitar chord strumming and out-of-key singing of lyrics rife with whimsical p...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Dec 17, 2009
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I still remember where I was when I heard that Elliott Smith had died. I had woken up that morning in a bunk bed in a youth hostel in Lausanne, looking out over Lake Geneva, on a cloudy and dark day. I got the news on a communal computer in the loung...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 6, 2009
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"Yonlu" was a Brazilian teenager who killed himself in his bathroom. He left a note for his parents telling them to listen to his music whenever they missed him. This album is constructed mostly of songs his parents found on his computer after his de...
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