Tribute to Alan Osmond
Oldies Songs “The Heartbeat of The Osmonds Never Fades — Tribute to Alan Osmond” Some people become stars.Others become the reason the stars shine. Alan Osmond was more than the oldest brother…
Gordon Lightfoot Live at Massey Hall 1975
A Night When Gordon Lightfoot Turned Memory Into Music at Massey Hall There are concerts that entertain us for an evening… and there are concerts that seem to preserve an…
Anne Murray – Somebody’s Always Saying Goodbye
Oldies Songs UNDER THE CARIBBEAN NIGHT SKY, ANNE MURRAY TURNED A SIMPLE SONG ABOUT PARTING INTO A QUIET PORTRAIT OF HUMAN LONELINESS. During Anne Murray’s Caribbean Cruise television special in the early…
Steve Earle – “Someday” (Live at The Loft at City Winery)
A MAN WHO ONCE DREAMED OF ESCAPE RETURNED TO SING ABOUT THE COST OF SURVIVING IT. On October 17, 2022, Steve Earle stepped onto the small stage at The Loft…
THE TRAGIC OPTIMISM OF ROY ORBISON’S LAST 48 HOURS
HE SMILED ABOUT THE FUTURE… JUST 48 HOURS BEFORE THE WORLD LOST HIM On the night of December 4, 1988, Roy Orbison walked into the Front Row Theater in Highland…
Jerry Jeff Walker – LA Freeway – The Dinah Shore Show
A Song About Leaving Before the World Hardens You: How “LA Freeway” Captured the Spirit of Escape In 1978, on The Dinah Shore Show, Jerry Jeff Walker performed “LA Freeway”…
Anne Murray reflects on blazing a trail for other female Canadian singers throughout her 41-year career, what she had to give up to get there and what she considers her greatest career moment
She Became Canada’s First Global Female Superstar… But Success Came With a Private Cost Anne Murray Rarely Spoke About Long before Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, or Sarah McLachlan carried Canadian…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Green Green Grass Of Home
When Jerry Lee Lewis Put Down the Piano, the Silence Became Even Sadder In 1969, during Many Sounds of Jerry Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis delivered a deeply restrained performance of…
Emmylou Harris with Sam Bush & Jon Randall – If I Needed You
A Whisper Carried Through Time: How Emmylou Harris Turned “If I Needed You” Into a Song About Memory and Loss On February 3, 2001, Emmylou Harris stood beside Sam Bush…
Osmonds – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (50th Anniversary Reunion Concert)
A Reunion Performance That Carried the Weight of Brotherhood, Memory, and Time When The Osmonds stood together once again to perform “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” during the 50th…