John Denver – Back Home Again (from The Wildlife Concert)
Oldies Songs HE SANG “BACK HOME AGAIN” LIKE A MAN HOLDING ON TO EVERY MEMORY In February 1995, the cold streets outside New York’s famed Avery Fisher Hall were filled with John…
Anne Murray and Martina McBride – Danny’s Song
Oldies Songs A SONG ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY, AND THE QUIET PASSING OF TIME When Anne Murray and Martina McBride stood side by side recording “Danny’s Song” in 2008, it felt less like…
Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett and Fingers Taylor telling stories 1992
Three Road-Worn Troubadours, One Stage, and the Beautiful Chaos of American Songwriting The 1992 reunion of Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, and harmonica wizard Greg “Fingers” Taylor was far more…
Emmylou Harris Inside Country interview about Wrecking Ball album
Emmylou Harris Chose Reinvention Over Comfort — And Created One of the Most Haunting Albums of the 1990s By the time Emmylou Harris released Wrecking Ball in 1995, she had…
Anne Murray – About the duet with Shania Twain
SHANIA TWAIN DIDN’T CALL IT A CAREER HIGHLIGHT… SHE CALLED IT A LIFE HIGHLIGHT. When Shania Twain spoke about recording with Anne Murray, her face reportedly “sparkled like a bright…
The Everly Brothers “Jezebel” on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 18, 1962
A SONG OF TEMPTATION, HEARTBREAK, AND PERFECT HARMONY On a cold February night in 1962, The Everly Brothers stepped onto the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show and turned a…
Suzy Bogguss and Jerry Jeff Walker – Night Rider’s Lament
TWO WANDERING VOICES, ONE COWBOY SONG, AND THE OPEN WESTERN SKY When Suzy Bogguss sat beside Jerry Jeff Walker to sing “Night Rider’s Lament,” the performance became more than music.…
Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris-Heavenly Houseboat Blues – Austin,TX. December 1997
A HOUSEBOAT BUILT FOR LOST SOULS AND OLD FRIENDS In December 1997, Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris turned a simple stage in Austin into something that felt suspended between memory,…
Gordon Lightfoot – Did She Mention My Name
Oldies Songs A quiet farewell wrapped in poetry, “Did She Mention My Name” captures the ache of distance, memory, and the fragile hope that love might still linger in someone else’s thoughts.…
Rob Davis – Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue
A hypnotic melody wrapped around loneliness, desire, and obsession — “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” became far more than a pop hit. It was the sound of the…