Nick Drake

A singular talent who went almost unnoticed during his brief lifetime, Nick Drake produced three albums of chilling, somber beauty. With hindsight, these have come to be recognized as peak achievements of both the British folk-rock scene and the entire singer/songwriter genre, with Drake's quiet, breathy vocals gliding over gorgeous chamber pop instrumentation and rolling arrangements on 1969's Five Leaves Left and 1971's Bryter Layter before taking a turn for spare folk minimalism on 1972's Pink Moon. Impressive performances were only part of Drake's spell binding artistry, h...