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Jeff Buckley artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
After a rendition on American Idol, a tune by Jeff Buckley rocked the iTunes charts. Offering a tour of Buckley's career is David Browne, music journalist and author of Dream Brother, a dual biography of Jeff and his father Tim.
()African stories from Rokia Traore; legendary Timbuktu artist Ali Farka Toure; the fingers and thumbs of Adrian Legg; former "Television" frontman Tom Verlaine; the short and tragic life of Jeff Buckley; and the surprising sounds of Yat Kha.
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Ten years ago Tuesday, singer/guitarist Jeff Buckley took an ill-fated swim in a Memphis harbor. At the time, he was a rising star, but in the years since, he's become something of an icon. Buckley released only one studio CD, Grace, in his short lifetime.
()Music reviewer Will Hermes tells us about two posthumous releases of music from singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley. They are The Grace EPs and Songs To No One 1991 - 1992. Buckley died in 1997, just as he was becoming known in the music world. He was the son of the late folk musician Tim Buckley. The Grace EPs, by Jeff Buckley, is a box set on the Columbia label from Sony Music Entertainment. Songs To No One 1991 - 1992 by Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas is from Knitting Factory Records.
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In the hands of many singers, "Strange Fruit" feels like a period piece, more of a memorial than a protest song. No matter what the genre, however, rare are the performers who have invested "Strange Fruit" with new meaning, fraught as it is with the legacy of America's troubled past.
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