In this week’s edition, we dive into American-British auteur Scott Walker’s most unhinged song. No one ever has or ever will do it quite like Scott Walker. In his 60-year recording career ...

Scott Walker, looking for his sunglasses ... A less granite-hard and more antic experience than other of his late period works, these songs are intent, serious and precise, and demand concentrated ...

Simon Raymonde's old band Cocteau Twins were on 4AD and then Fontana who, albeit at slightly different times and in reverse order, Scott Walker was also with. As Buckley acknowledges from the stage, ...

The pop star Scott Walker was already familiar with Brel’s songs. He mentioned the Belgian singer to Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones’ manager, who happened to have been sent demos of ...

Some bits happen only once in a song. If I could make an album like that and not sound like I’m parodying it I’d love to do that. I wouldn’t put myself in the same category as him. It’s as much Scott ...

From the handsomest pop star in the world to reclusive experimenter, here are the 15 best Scott Walker songs. 15. “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” Though originally recorded by Frankie ...

The Walker Brothers’ popularity in England briefly rivaled the Beatles in terms of record sales and exposure in 1965-66. Their songs often featured lively and grand harmonies, with Scott’s ...

including singer Lulu who says she had a crush on Scott, as did “every other 16-year-old in this country.” In spite of their boy band popularity, Walker’s original songs reflected adult ...

I doubt I could say much about this song that my dude Chris O’Leary hasn’t: my go-to writer for Bowie Studies can and will go deep on the reflection of interest between Scott Walker and the ...

There was always something dark about Scott Walker’s work, whether original compositions or songs by other writers. In 1967, at the height of his fame and celebrity, while other hirsute ...

His instrumental song "Devil Surfer" tapped Dick Dale's ... they formed the Walker Brothers — and "Scott Walker" was born. The Walker Brothers relocated to England in the mid-1960s and were ...