In his home in rural Texas, on the eve of his final tour in 2017, singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston told me that he wanted to have a big song someday, what he called “a real hit.” That smash ...

Daniel Johnston often explored themes in his music that revolved around love and heartbreak. He had a muse named Laurie Allen who was the focus of many of his love songs, despite the two never ...

An expanded reissue of Daniel Johnston ’s first studio album, 1991’s Artistic Vice, has been announced. The new edition features a second LP’s worth of outtakes, rehearsals, and previously ...

In 2006, Johnston’s family moved him into a house next door to his parents, where he spent his days writing songs, watching movies, painting and drawing. Johnston was a gifted painter.

There will be a special screening of the award-winning, 2005 documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," at 6 p.m. today, Saturday, March 29, at The West Virginia Museum of Music in the ...

“Daniel Johnston: I’m Afraid of What I Might Draw,” a book released in late April, is the first authoritative collection of Johnston’s art and a revelation about how he experienced the world.