The psychedelic 6-stringer steps back from the musical fringe where he’s helmed Six Organs of Admittance and a slew of noisy avant collabs to create polite production music and release The Intimate Landscape, his first album under his own name.
From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTER Nick Drake achieved scant commercial success in his brief lifetime, but after he overdosed on antidepressants in his childhood bedroom in 1974, at the age of 26, the British singer-songwriter became a veritable cult hero, venerated equally by musicians, critics, and fans. His music has now long been…
Music is full of figures who are worshipped by fans precisely because of their struggles with mental illness. Here, we unpack the myth of the tortured genius.