David Berman talks again after 10 years - about Silver Jews, Purple Mountain, his father, Jack White...

"David Berman became a cult hero singer-songwriter largely because he never said much, making his public expiation all the more startling. Silver Jews did not tour. He did not grant interviews. He didn't even let his record label take out ads to promote Silver Jews albums. It was as a lyricist that Berman attained his status as something of an oracle" - Washington Post says in an interview with David Berman, his first in a while, where he speaks about dissolving Silver Jews ten years ago, his infamous father (big tobacco lobbyist), his new band Purple Mountains, how he liked to call Jack White ‘Sir Edgar Scissor Blues’... A good read.