Nick Drake may not be a good fit for the bright summertime, given his mostly melancholy songs. But this making-of work is currently entering the stage and throws up exciting spots for fans of the rich British roots-folk genre. Only 26 years old, Nicholas Rodney Drake died of an overdose …

Summery August is usually a dry month for music editors: Only a few really interesting new releases come onto the market in the height of summer because labels prefer to target the high-selling fall months for their releases. And yet the musical highlights of August 2024 are quite something. David …