Townes Van Zandt's name conjures tales of drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, rambling and mental illness. That mythic life sometimes overshadows his music, which was often as perfect as his life was ...

On March 7, 1944, Townes Van Zandt entered this world for what would be a too-short journey across the world, sharing his melancholy and profound songs, each their own masterclass lesson in ...

Townes Van Zandt sings about a quest for freedom on the folky “All I Need,” a previously unreleased song from an upcoming posthumous collection, Sky Blue. The archival set is due out March 7th – what ...

Etching his poetic stories on a country, folk, and blues canvas of sound, Townes Van Zandt exposed unfiltered stories of love, suffering, and the idiosyncrasies of real life, and became one of the ...

David Broza, an Israeli-born singer-songwriter, met the late Townes Van Zandt just once -- at a 1994 concert in Houston. But the iconic songwriter, who penned classics such as 'Pancho and Lefty' and ...

Vincent Neil Emerson was watching Edward Norton portray both a rhapsodizing stoner and his straitlaced brother in 2009’s Leaves of Grass when the actor began singing a Townes Van Zandt song onscreen.

On a recent afternoon, I was plowing through a box of 45s at a used-record store when I stumbled upon “No Place to Fall,” a seven-inch by Townes Van Zandt. This discovery struck me as both exciting, ...

The music of Townes Van Zandt is only now beginning to get its due among the world at large, though to some of the best songwriters of the past three decades and a devoted cult following, calling Van ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify and Apple Music playlists at the bottom of the page. Lots of people would have ...

Evan Dando, the only permanent member of fuzz-pop institution the Lemonheads, was one of the great lovable wastrels of the '90s alt-rock boom. He's had a bumpy ride over the decades. The last time we ...