Steven Paul Smith was born in Omaha in 1969 and raised outside Dallas, moving to Portland, Oregon, as a teenager to live with his father—or perhaps more pointedly, to get away from his abusive ...

The post Elliott Smith’s From a Basement on the Hill Reissued for 20th Anniversary appeared first on Consequence. Legendary indie songwriter Elliott Smith’s final album, From a Basement on the Hill, ...

We may not have known him as well as his contemporaries, his collaborators or those who went to see his early shows in Portland, but we were devoted listeners. You’ll hear very few deem Elliott Smith ...

In a way it's fitting that the circumstances surrounding Elliott Smith's death are still murky a year after the singer-songwriter was discovered with a knife quite literally in his heart. With his ...

The late Elliott Smith's songs moved a whole lot of people, and they continue to pop up in unexpected places. This summer, we'll get an album of Smith covers from the Florida-born pianist and composer ...