A special night of live music is being held in London next week in tribute to Smith's memoryElliott SmithAugust 6, 2019, marks what would’ve been the late Elliott Smith’s 50th birthday. While the widely adored singer-songwriter has touched countless lives with his compelling musicianship and lyricism, the tragic circumstances of his ...

Angelo De Augustine has been quietly kicking out gorgeous folk-pop songs for years, evolving from a careful student of Elliott Smith to a songwriter with a voice of his own. There was also more than a little Sufjan Stevens in Augustine's early work, and somewhere along the line Sufjan himself took a liking to the…

Vanessa Carlton has transitioned from beloved few-hits wonder (shout out to "Ordinary Day") to tasteful cover artist. She covered Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend" in March to kick off a six-part cover series. Her rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" came out in April, followed by Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and Karen Dalton's&am...

Sufjan Stevens will get his Elliott Smith moment at this year's Oscars. 20 years ago, Smith, of course, had one of '90s indie rock's most transcendent cultural moments, when he performed "Miss Misery," his surprise Best Original Song nominee from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, at the 1998 Oscars. He wore a white suit, looked…

The film will be shown around the world in May, including a UK screening in Derby