Keith James - The Songs of Nick Drake

SHOWING FROM Sat 09 Aug 2025

Nick Drake is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic characters to become part of the UK’s ‘arts scene’ during the 1970s and 80s. As a Cambridge literature student, Nick began writing and performing his fashionable poetry in, what was then, a blossoming arts songwriting scene amongst the London-Oxford-Cambridge scene. Nick was quickly noticed by Island Records and within less than a year had recorded ‘Five Leaves Left’ his first brilliant album, still considered a unique masterpiece to this day – so much so, that it was almost impossible to follow – causing his development in the music scene to entirely flounder until being rediscovered and celebrated by a new audience with a fresh listening approach in the early 2000s.

We wish Keith James a huge amount of heart felt encouragement, having recently recovered from a stroke which caused a brain seizure; predicting the end of his very long standing and much loved as a performer on the music and arts scene.

Nick Drake has become the UK’s most loved contemporary poet and songwriter.