Slate contributors on their favorite lines from the late singer-songwriter and poet.

What has the leader of Silver Jews been up to? It’s a long story.

I apologize for the tardiness, but I'd like to have a moment of silence for the Silver Jews who played their final show 2 days ago at Cumberland Caverns (an underground cave!) in the quaint town of McMinnville, Tennessee. Some past Jews members were in attendance and played alongside the band including founding drummer (and former Pavement drummer) Bob Nastanovich, but unfortunately not the third founding member, Stephen Malkmus (most notable for fronting Pavement.) REVIEW OF SHOW Please…

Silver Jews’ David Berman has returned, and Purple Mountains finds him still on his game.

After dismantling Silver Jews Purple Mountains is David Berman's first album in 11 years – what took him so long? "I don't have a good answer..." he begins.

David Berman recently returned to music with an album under the name Purple Mountains and was planning to go on tour

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Call it the “Mad Men” syndrome: These days, we’re nostalgic for other people’s youth. The symptoms present themselves most clearly when it comes to music. Since the world went digital, the recording industry has spent a lot of time in the vaults, coming up with packages that are meant to appeal to the completist in...