The mother of the late musician Jeff Buckley, who drowned in the Wolf River in May 1997, had a good reason to turn down Brad Pitt’s request to play the singer-songwriter in a biopic years ago.

At a time in the 1990s when grunge music became popular, Jeff Buckley’s eclectic brand and distinctive voice was cut short when he drowned in Memphis at the tender age of 30. Much has been ...

But Jeff Buckley had a voice that was so breathtaking, so ethereally soaring, so reaching for the heavens in its virtuosity that it’s as if he’d been given a different instrument from everyone ...

Jeff Buckley was never comfortable with fame. The singer-songwriter, who died unexpectedly at the age of 30, struggled with his success and some of the more shallow aspects of being a star ...

Jeff Buckley's life started with both an act of embrace and a decisive abandonment. His mother was only 17 when she conceived him and, while it was suggested she might give the baby up for ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Jeff Buckley passed away more than 25 years ago, but his music lives on. Even though he only released one album during his lifetime ...

Sundance: Amy Berg's documentary captures the transcendental nature of Jeff Buckley's voice and music while also offering space for those who knew him best to share their memories and grief.