This story originally appeared in Issue #8 of Paste Magazine in Feb/Mar of 2004, republished in celebration of Paste’s 20th Anniversary. It was a bad fit all along. Painfully shy people don’t make ...

What makes you think of fall? The smell of dry leaves, the sound of a crackling fire, maybe the taste of a pumpkin spice latte? - well, for me, nothing makes me think of fall more than this ...

A 42-track collection built around two found recordings helps illuminate the creative process of the revered but elusive icon, who died in 1974. By Will Hermes It all goes back to that Volkswagen ad: ...

A plain slip of paper, tucked discreetly near the end of a pack of Rizla cigarette rolling papers — a practical reminder, so easily overlooked. But in the hands of Nick Drake, this banal note unfurls ...

She was a poet, singer, composer and pianist whose melancholic home recordings from the 1950s hit on universal themes of despair, heartbreak, longing and loss. Credit... Supported by By Howard Fishman ...

Hooray! We’re going out of sequence with my master plan for No Skips, the weekly column where I judge an album per track to see if any are skippable. This week, we’re taking a glimpse at Nick Drake’s ...