It’s of a piece with Linkous’ cracked-pop reputation, but the guest-star vocalists — including James Mercer, Wayne Coyne, Iggy Pop, and (gulp) Vic Chesnutt — can’t compare.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Mark Linkous, the singer-songwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself in the chest in Tennessee. He was 47. Knoxville Police ...

Mark Linkous, founder of the acclaimed alternative rock band Sparklehorse, has died. The singer and multi-instrumentalist took his own life Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47.

As posthumous, mop-up jobs go, Bird Machine is a fine effort. When Mark Linkous, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist behind Sparklehorse, tragically took his own life on March 6, 2010, ...

Johnston sings 12 of his own songs, playing piano and guitar as well on tracks recorded at David Lowery's Virginia studio; Linkous and an engineer give the songs bulk and expression with ...

If Wilco and Neko Case are alt-country acts, what does that make Sparklehorse? Mark Linkous, the band's only full-time member, hails from small-town Virginia and seems to write most of his songs ...