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Hard Times, Easy Listening: 10 Albums for Autumn 2020

Hard Times, Easy Listening: 10 Albums for Autumn 2020

Music has been a most necessary balm in 2020 and will remain one in the post-summer months. This list offers a brief repository of albums that gleam in ways particularly autumnal.

Nick Drake’s ‘Pink Moon’ and Finding a Place to Be During Coronavirus

Nick Drake’s ‘Pink Moon’ and Finding a Place to Be During Coronavirus

Shuttered inside our homes, contending with the COVID-19 outbreak, Nick Drake's third album promises rebirth and renewal: the pink moon is coming.

Tomás Pagán Motta: Tomás Pagán Motta

Tomás Pagán Motta: Tomás Pagán Motta

It’s inevitable that Tomás Pagán Motta should be tagged with Drake dictates, given the sad yet beautiful atmospheric set-ups that express his sentiments in such a stunning manner.
Counterbalance No. 160: Nick Drake’s ‘Five Leaves Left’

Counterbalance No. 160: Nick Drake’s ‘Five Leaves Left’

Betty came by on her way, said she had a word to say about things today and fallen leaves, not to mention the 160th most acclaimed album of all time. A pastoral touchstone is this week's Counterbalance.
Nathan Wiseman-Trowse’s Authorial Fancy About a Nick Drake Song

Nathan Wiseman-Trowse’s Authorial Fancy About a Nick Drake Song

Speculation is interesting, but it seems that the best option for someone writing about Nick Drake's "Dreaming England" would be assertiveness, conclusiveness, and definition.

Music, Meaning and Money: The Special Ingredients of Media and Consumerism in Pop

Graig Markel: Graig Markel

Paranoid Android: Is Music the Opiate of the iPod-Owning Masses?

The Best Re-Issues of 2007

Nick Drake: Fruit Tree

Nick Drake: Under Review [DVD]

Nick Drake: Family Tree