The best Elliott Smith songs reflect his ability to wring beauty out of life’s traumas. Even during his short lifetime, his prolific output still endures. Elliott Smith’s solo career began in ...

A highlight of his 2004 posthumous From a Basement on the Hill, singer-songwriter Elliott Smith made a murky allusion to his ...

The final album Elliott Smith completed in his lifetime ... silly being whispered into a four-track recorder. Many of Smith’s songs on those records dealt with addiction and depression ...

Elliott Smith made his first TV appearance. Engine-grease hair poking from below a blue-gray beanie and a leather cuff on his ...