Cult folk legend Vashti Bunyan made a comeback in the mid 2000s after the long-overlooked artist was repositioned as a forebear to the “freak folk” movement of the era, and all the new attention ...

Vashti Bunyan, grandmother of whispery folk, has had a wonderful resurgence into the indie music world throughout the past twenty years. The British singer got her start in the 1960s and early ’70s ...

In 35 years, Scottish free-folk icon Vashti Bunyan released only two albums: 1970's Just Another Diamond Day and last year's Lookaftering. For three decades, she was barely heard from, living in ...

Vashti Bunyan is 60 years old and making her first tour of the U.S. She was discovered by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham more than 40 years ago and, perturbed by the industry's machinations ...

Early folk music pioneer Elizabeth Cotten; "Urban" blues forefather Leroy Carr; A psychotic reaction from Michael Powers; Traditional Chinese zheng artist Hong Ting; Music of the Thai Elephant ...

“I’ve been listening to a recording of a show I did in Norway,” says Vashti Bunyan. “And I’m just amazed at how soft it is. When I’m listening back I think, my goodness, it sounds like a child up ...

In 1970, the English folk singer Vashti Bunyan released one album, Just Another Diamond Day, before slipping into obscurity. That album didn’t sell, but it became a cult favorite, especially among the ...

Back in the mid-'60s, Andrew Oldham, manager of The Rolling Stones, saw something promising in a quiet young singer-songwriter named Vashti Bunyan. So he brought her into the studio to record a single ...

As far as autobiographies go, this is a bit of an unusual one, but that is fitting for someone with Vashti Bunyan’s history. Named after a line in the titular track of her 1970 debut Lp Just Another ...

What is it about Vashti Bunyan’s music that enables it to ripple across generations from such a tiny initial splash? Her quavering, flutelike voice, perhaps. It sounds less like she sings with it than ...

Listen to Vashti Bunyan’s “Hidden” from her new album Lookaftering. If you cannot see the music player below, click here to download the free Flash Player. The wave alternately (and somewhat ...