Marianne Faithfull is a great musical survivor. She went from pure-voiced chanteuse of "As Tears Go By" to emblem of 1960s drug excess before re-emerging in 1979 with "Broken English," a soul-baring ...

Incredibly, it’s been nearly 40 years since Marianne Faithfull’s career renaissance began with the harrowing ice funk of 1979’s masterful “Broken English.” That album and its two successors were made ...

The poet John Keats, writing to his brothers about the power of art, truth, and beauty, 1 experienced whilst walking with friends an epiphany regarding William Shakespeare's genius: John Keats. Source ...

In a letter to his brothers in 1817, John Keats shared his admiration for Shakespeare’s “negative capability,” his capacity for “being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable ...

Marianne Faithfull’s Negative Capability is a sonic death trap. Many of the songs are sad and depressing—and although pondering life and death can lead to great lyrics for some artists, writing them ...

As the marketing machinery now requires writers to turn into brands, the novelist wonders if our passion for memoirs is destroying fiction After almost half a century of acclaimed writing – after 16 ...

At 71, the singer-songwriter legend Marianne Faithfull has been recording for over 50 years. Rightfully so, her 21st album Negative Capability is a reflection on loss and loneliness and love. It’s the ...

Incredibly, it’s been nearly 40 years since Marianne Faithfull’s career renaissance began with the harrowing ice funk of 1979’s masterful “Broken English.” That album and its two successors were made ...