Silver Jews

Americana acts cover David Berman songs in tribute – Watch

August 12, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

With thanks to BrooklynVegan for highlighting this – tributes are still coming in for David Berman who died last week (we now know sadly from suicide) and some artists have covered songs from Silver Jews over […]

Silver Jews “How to Rent a Room” – Listen

August 9, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

There couldn’t be a sadder end to the week than the news yesterday of David Berman’s death, even if in a tragic way it bought him into top-sellers lists for the first time in living memory. […]

“Silver Jews” David Berman dies

August 8, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Really sad news this morning of one of American UK’s musical heroes – only last month we gave his new Purple Mountains album a 9 out of 10 – “Not a single mention of any majesties”. […]

Purple Mountains “Purple Mountains” (Drag City, 2019)

July 15, 2019 Steven Rafferty 0

After ten years on the sidelines, David Berman has decided to chime in with a new album under a new name. If we take him at his word, ten years ago his biggest fear was that […]

Silver Jews finally available to stream on Spotify

April 5, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

You can finally hear probably the finest lyricist alive today on Spotify (“In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection” – try that Ed Sheeran) and other streaming services in the UK as Drag City have […]