By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic Contributor[To celebrate the release of his 11th studio album, Innocents, we invited Moby to take control of eMusic's editorial for a week. You can read our exclusive interview with him here. Moby asked us to… more »
By Peter Blackstock, eMusic ContributorAs Nick Drake's producer in the early 1970s, Joe Boyd helped the legendary English singer-songwriter create albums that were remarkably consistent in sound and mood. A similar cohesiveness arises on Way To Blue, largely because… more »
By Arye Dworken, eMusic ContributorMusicians are narcissists. It's the chief qualification for getting on stage and soaking in the adulation of the masses. So when a band or a songwriter references another performer in a song, there's almost always… more »
By Jayson Greene, Managing EditorThe contemplative, pastoral folk music of Nick Drake is oddly timeless. Listening to an album like Nick Drake's Pink Moon, it is difficult its creator anywhere other than perched beneath a shady tree in an… more »
By Chris Nickson, eMusic ContributorWhen John Martyn died aged 60 in 2009, he left a legacy of 20 studio albums from a career that spanned more than four decades. Some were superb (particularly those from 1971-1980) and some veered… more »
By Amanda Petrusich, eMusic ContributorSince Nick Drake's death in November 1974 — long presumed a suicide, although plenty of fans still contend it was accidental — an ungodly amount of Drake material has been posthumously repackaged and sold, much… more »
By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic ContributorIt wasn't easy, being the interracial Blue Notes in 1963 apartheid South Africa: a black horns-and-rhythm combo with a white pianist/music director, Chris McGregor. They skipped out of Cape Town the following year: went to… more »