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Artist Evolution: Nick Drake

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2008-10-08 08:44:00 by Andrew in Carry You Away
I'm going to do something that I haven't done in a long time - an Artist Evolution Feature. The artist that I'm choosing for this is the late Nick Drake, one of my absolute favorite musicians of all time, and one whom I hold in especially high regard. Drake first captured my attention when I listened to the Garden State soundtrack when that was...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Heath Ledger/Nick Drake Connection

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2008-01-23 11:30:00 by Matthew Solarski in Pitchfork: News
Actor claims obsession with Drake, simulates suicide on 2007 video to Drake's music The already startling death of actor Heath Ledger has taken on another startling dimension following the revelation that Ledger courted a self-proclaimed obsession with another tragic figure, late English folk singer Nick Drake . This obsession even manifested...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Heath Ledger/Nick Drake Connection

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2008-01-23 11:30:00 by Matthew Solarski in Pitchfork: News
Actor claims obsession with Drake, simulates suicide on 2007 video to Drake's music The already startling death of actor Heath Ledger has taken on another startling dimension following the revelation that Ledger courted a self-proclaimed obsession with another tragic figure, late English folk singer Nick Drake . This obsession even manifested...
 
 
 
 
 
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Nick Drake & American Apparel

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2008-01-28 08:43:00 by Styeiles in Neiles Life
Ok so my new favourite store has moved 2 min away from me. Yes its the new American Apparel shop downtown..Some things you may not know about American Apparel (that I found out too the CEO is actually Canadian they don`t use sweatshops operates the largest garment factory in the United States is the largest T-shirt manufacturer lots of bands...
 
 
 
 
 
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Drake University (2008/2009)

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2008-05-19 23:00:00 by Editor in Sonicbids Recently Added Opportunities
Drake University (2008/2009) Deadline: Sep 13, 2008 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Drake University is a NACA affiliated school located in Des Moines, IA. Named a "College That Rocks" by Rolling Stone magazine, Drake University offers a wide range of activities that enhance the campus social experience, including live music concerts on campus. The...
 
 
 
 
 
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FOLK : NICK DRAKE

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2008-08-22 07:21:34 by Stefan in MOODSWINGS music :
NICK DRAKE FAMILY TREE (2007) 320 KBPS You'd think there wouldn't be much more to present by a songwriter who recorded three albums in his lifetime and has been dead since 1974. However, interest in Nick Drake's riveting music has grown enormously in the new millennium. Rarities were added to a number of posthumous collections, but with Family...
 
 
 
 
 
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Ray Charles... Peter Brotzmann/William Parker/Hamid Drake... Art Farmer... Toshinori Kondo... 'Big John' Patton...

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
Opening the cabinet of curios again this is a Ray Charles date, one that is usually sidelined in favour of the better-known sessions that produced 'Genius plus Soul equals Jazz.' A run through 'Senor Blues', the Horace Silver tune. No vocals just instrumental. An insistent bass figure builds the spine of the piece before the ensemble comes in....
 
 
 
 
 
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MP3: Drake - Ransom (feat. Lil Wayne)

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2008-09-04 15:00:00 by jben.ok in Funkadelic Freestyles
I've paid very little attention to Toronto's Drake (whom you may remember from the teen drama Degrassi ) over the past few months, but when eskay posted this new joint featuring Lil Wayne , my head turned a bit . First, Drake is SIGNED to Young Money . WTF? Second, Drake opens the song by stating, "I'm high, this is the first time I've smoked in...
 
 
 
 
 
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Reverberations: Clarences, Flamin Groovies, Scott Deluxe Drake and Liverpool Five

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2008-04-30 10:40:20 by HASH0x8c067fc in Houstoned Rocks
Power-pop fans take note: Next Monday, you can catch Oakland band The Clarences live on the Internet at 11:30 p.m. CST. I hear drinks will be dirt cheap This week brought another reissue of Flamin Groovies 1970 sophomore album, Flamingo, which showed the Groovies stripping down and proving that the same band who soared on Supersnazz could get...
 
 
 
 
 
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Lone voices - Nick Drake

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2008-08-06 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
The harmony can sometimes be simple, but it's very sensual. There's a real French sense of harmony overlaid onto what, in the English music history line, can probably be traced back to John Dowland and all the really great songwriters and musicians of the fifteenth century. There's an innate Englishness [to his work], but Nick w