Stereogum — In the interim since Fading Lines , her excellent debut album as Amber Arcades, all we've heard from Dutch musician Annelotte de Graaf is a sunny and spectacular Nick Drake reinvention. Today she's back to her own material with "It Changes," the lea... more info

Stereogum — Nick Drake’s “Which Will” is a spindly, fragile, meditative British folk classic, one of the best songs on Drake’s eternally beloved 1972 album Pink Moon. Amber Arcades, meanwhile, is Annelotte de Graaf, a Dutch musician who, earlier this yea... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Ryley Walker’s Golden Sings That Have Been Sung, his third record in as many years, finds the singer/songwriter/guitarist fully coming into his own. On two previous two long players, comparisons to artists like John Martyn, Bert Jansch, Tim Bu... more info

Guardian Music — The opulent harmonies of these five suburban Californians in hits like Aquarius made every song they covered pure joyMy parents owned only two albums that weren’t folk or opera. One was the original Broadway cast recording of the musical Hair,... more info

Guardian Music — Kristin Kontrol, also known as Dee Dee from the Dum Dum Girls, picks a themed playlist of sadder-than-the-album-versions The first Nick Drake song that was precious to me, and here it is in its infant genius. The delicacy of his voice and phrasing; i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Michael Wilson Louisville's Joan Shelley released her sophomore album, Electric Ursa, last year via No Quarter. It's an album of sleepy folk that's gotten some deserved comparisons to Nick Drake and Vashti Bunyan, and one... more info

The Telegraph — Nick Drake has become one of the most revered singers of the 20th century, even though his records didn't sell while he lived. Mick Brown looks at the life of the man who died on November 25 1974 more info

The Telegraph — Forty years after his death, Nick Drake is finally getting the recognition he deserves. James Hall reports on a tragic musician who lived - and died - before his time more info

Stereogum — “Out For The West,” the first song we heard from Castanets’ Decimation Blues, established that Raymond Raposa had developed a distinctly haunting take on sparse, somber folk music with a digital fringe. “Tell Them Memphis” — which could p... more info

Stereogum — Nick Drake made some truly beautiful music in his 26 years on earth, and it feels like his cult has grown every year since his 1974 death. Now Exclaim! reports that Drake’s family and estate have put together Nick Drake: Remembered For A While, the... more info