Purple Mountains – “All My Happiness Is Gone” [Video]

Songwriter, poet and cartoonist David Berman, best known as the co-founder of indie-rock institution Silver Jews, died on Wednesday of an apparent suicide. He was just 52 years old.

Sadly, Berman had just returned to the music scene with his excellent Purple Mountains record so this news hits even harder. The one thing about artists is that their music always lives on and Berman’s work with the Silver Jews will always have high praise. So will his Purple Mountains record along with this single. RIP David Berman.