Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on Bustle, The US Sun, Newsweek and OK! Magazine. Jeff Buckley's ...

Some artists become timeless because their work transcends eras, resonating with new generations long after their time; others are immortalized because their lives — and careers — ended far too soon.

The 'Hallelujah' singer died in 1997, but his mom, who appears in a new documentary on her son, tells PEOPLE he "fantasized about being onstage in a wheelchair" Mick Hutson/Redferns Jeff Buckley ...

"It was just heartbreaking because it was overwhelming for him," his former girlfriend, Rebecca Moore, says of the demands placed upon him Jeff Buckley began his musical career carrying a burden: the ...

New independents from documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley on the rising musician who died too young, to Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut My Mother’s Wedding and quirky animated Boys Go To ...

Nearly three decades after his death, a documentary and a sudden surge in the charts have made the singer’s legacy front of mind. By Lizzy Goodman Certain songs feel so familiar, it’s as if they have ...

Short, pained lives marked by achievement and promise and then abruptly gone leave a restless afterglow. Youth is supposed to fade away, not become one’s permanent state. And regarding the late ...