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    "title": "Discovering Nick Drake",
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    "description": "On a recent musical connect the dots tour through Wikipedia, I stumbled across a reference to Nick Drake. I had first heard of Nick Drake through a review of his…",
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# Discovering Nick Drake

On a recent musical connect the dots tour through [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/), I stumbled across a reference to Nick [Drake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake). I had first heard of Nick Drake through a review of his work on *[All Things Considered](http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2)* months ago.

The sound is ephemeral. The sound is haunting. The sound is a lost gem of our time.
It has shocked me how much the songs he made are what I have needed over the last few weeks.

If you get a chance, watch *[A Skin Too Few](http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/nick-drake.shtml)*, the documentary of his life; you will have to look in the usual places online to find it, as it hasn't been released on DVD yet.
Find him. Listen. You will never go back.

> I never felt magic crazy as this
> I never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea
> I never held emotion in the palm of my hand
> Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree
> But now you're here
> Brighten my northern sky.