SPAIN - MAY 31: PRIMAVERA SOUND Photo of SILVER JEWS and David BERMAN, David Berman performing on stage (Photo by Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns) Singing-wise this is a bit of a babbling brook. Was Berman ...

For a select few of us who can claim to be bona fide hometown fans of the NFL’s Houston Oilers circa the 1980s into the early ’90s, there is a certain level of gluttony for punishment that goes along ...

Legendary indie-rock singer-songwriter and poet David Berman is about to return with Purple Mountains, the self-titled debut of his new musical project and his first new album since the dissolution of ...

Next month, David Berman is releasing his much-anticipated first new album in 11 years under the name Purple Mountains. Last month, we heard its lead single “All My Happiness Is Gone” (which topped ...

David Berman has shared “Margaritas at the Mall,” another new song from his forthcoming Purple Mountains album. Hear it below. In a recent interview with Vish Khanna for Exclaim!, Berman described ...

To make anything at all, artists have to put themselves in a kind of delusional state. First, they have to believe something grander can arise out of their puny, miserable, human self. Plus, that in a ...

Silver Jews fans, rejoice. Purple Mountains, the new project from David Berman, has announced the release date for its self-titled debut album, as well as some tour dates. Purple Mountains will be ...

The first and last time I ever spoke to David Berman, our conversation ended on an upbeat note. It was May. We had just talked for 90 minutes about his first album in 11 years. After putting out six ...

Dean & Britta’s collaborative holiday album with Sonic Boom, A Peace of Us, is out November 17, and among the songs covered on it is “Snow is Falling in Manhattan,” one of the best songs on the late ...

What is there to say that the man himself hasn’t already stated? The return of poet and singer/songwriter David Berman (Silver Jews) under the newly minted moniker Purple Mountains caught a restless ...

Nearly a year’s passed since the world lost David Berman, and it’s tempting to think about what he would’ve made of the time since he’s been gone. Coming up in the same college rock scene as Stephen ...

David Berman‘s new band Purple Mountains have already released two songs from their upcoming self-titled album, and today they’re sharing a third. “Margaritas at the Mall” follows the depressingly ...