The mother of the late musician Jeff Buckley, who drowned in the Wolf River in May 1997, had a good reason to turn down Brad Pitt’s request to play the singer-songwriter in a biopic years ago. “We’re ...

Jeff Buckley’s mother has revealed Brad Pitt once approached her about starring in a biopic about her son. The musician died in 1997 before his second album was complete. He was recording Sketches for ...

For more than two decades, filmmakers chased the lightning-in-a-bottle story of Jeff Buckley, one of the most gifted and promising musicians of his generation, who drowned in a Memphis river in May ...

At one point in singer-songwriter Jeff Buckely's promising career, the musician exclaimed on MTV that he sees himself as a ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 28, 2025. Click here for that audio. Jeff Buckley’s legacy and music live on, long past his death in 1997 at just 30 years old. In the 1990s, he was ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Musician Jeff Buckley’s tragic early death left many shocked. Buckley found success and critical acclaim among music industry pressures, but passed away tragically after releasing only one studio ...

March 29 -- Brad Pitt has always been a fan of the bleeding heart — a wimpy fisherman, a sad-eyed vampire, and a devoted husband are among his repertoire — but his next role may be the actor's most ...

For more than two decades, filmmakers chased the lightning-in-a-bottle story of Jeff Buckley, one of the most gifted and promising musicians of his generation, who drowned in a Memphis river in May ...