Mark Linkous, best known as the man behind Sparklehorse, is yet another great artist who made the decision to take his own life and leave us. Besides being a brilliant songwriter, Linkous also produced records for A Camp (Nina Persson, singer in The Cardigans solo project) and Daniel Johnston.
If you haven’t heard of Sparklehorse, I can recommend all of his albums. If you have access to Spotify, just follow this link
That’s sad news.
Can’t say I knew his music all that well.
But it’s always sad when great musicians or other artists pass away, and it feels like a lot of them are doing just that these days.
I saw him peform with Daniel Johnston & Friends 1-2 years ago. Very beautiful. He played one of few songs I know by him, Homecoming Queen. Then a bunch of people played and Daniel sang. For the encore Mark played the guitar alone on stage with Daniel, who sang True Love Will Find You In The End.