Northern Sky
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Northern Sky is a song from Nick Drake's 1970 album Bryter Layter. The song, written in DADGDG tuning, [1] features piano, organ and Celesta, performed by ex Velvet Underground member John Cale. [2]
In 2004 the NME described the song as the "greatest English love song of modern times"
The Dream Academy's 1985 world-wide hit single Life in a Northern Town was inspired by and in tribute to "Northern Sky".
[edit] References
- ^ Dann, Trevor. Darker than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake (2006), (Hardback) Portrait. ISBN 0-7499-5095-1
- ^ Cale, John. What's Welsh for Zen (2000), (Hardback), Bloomsbury. ISBN 1582340684
| Nick Drake |
| Albums: Five Leaves Left | Bryter Layter | Pink Moon |
| Related: Joe Boyd | Gabrielle Drake | Robert Kirby | John Wood |
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