The well-worn grave marker in a remote cemetery near Eagle Mountain Lake draws thousands of visitors. They leave liquor, or cigarettes, or charcoal or crayons from gravestone rubbings. “To Live’s To ...

Townes Van Zandt didn’t divide life into categories. He didn’t have a career, a personal life, and a social life. To him, they were all one and the same. “I set out to be a broke-down, rambling, ...

Songwriter Guy Clark is far too eloquent a wordsmith to hang up the phone with a simple “No comment.” Instead, he hung up from his Nashville home with six words: “That’s none of my damn business.” As ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at what was to be the cult singer-songwriter’s ...