"His songs weren’t so much sung as melodically whispered. Drake’s small voice, with its soft edges, perfectly conveyed the ennui, vulnerability, puckishness, pain, and melancholy that hovered over his songs like a fog. It could sound playful, dejected, wistful, self-mocking, or just plain indifferent. When a Drake recording gets under your skin, you’re certain he’s singing to you alone."
In the wake of two new documentaries, Kirk Silsbee in Los Angeles CityBeat looks back on the life and music of Nick Drake.
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