MusicRadar column on "Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley

A brief break from Grateful Dead content

My latest MusicRadar assignment was to pick something from Jeff Buckley's Grace to write about. I chose the weird old showtune.

The column was mainly an excuse to meditate on the difference between classical timekeeping (expressive, rubato) and pop/rock timekeeping (metronomic and steady). I also got into Buckley's complex gender presentation.