John Prine & Sturgill Simpson – “Speed of Loneliness”
Oldies Songs A Quiet Reckoning with Distance and Time, Carried by Two Generations of Songwriters On December 15, 2017, at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Florida, John Prine shared the stage with Sturgill…
Anne Murray never thought she’d have a new album
At Nearly 80, Anne Murray Proves That Forgotten Songs Can Still Find Their Way Home In a moment that feels both improbable and deeply moving, Anne Murray has returned with…
Nanci Griffith – Ford Econoline
A Van, A Dream, and the Long Road to Becoming: The Soul of “Ford Econoline” Released in 1987 on her breakthrough album “Lone Star State of Mind”, Nanci Griffith’s “Ford…
Emmylou Harris & Dave Matthews – Gulf Coast Highway.
Oldies Songs A Quiet Farewell to Life’s Long Road, Where Love and Memory Drift Like the Tide Few songs in modern American roots music carry the quiet weight and reflective grace of…
SHAUN CASSIDY – Fallin into You
A Gentle Descent into Young Love and Vulnerability — “Fallin’ Into You” as a Soft-Spoken Confession of the Heart When “Fallin’ Into You” by Shaun Cassidy arrived in 1977, it…
Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson “Let Him Roll” at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
A Story of a Broken Life, Told with Quiet Mercy Beneath an Open Sky At the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Guy Clark and Verlon…
Anne Murray – Danny’s Song (From 2003 )
A Gentle Promise of Love and Home, Carried by a Timeless Voice In 2003, Anne Murray revisited one of her most cherished recordings, Danny’s Song, offering a performance that felt…
John Prine – “Look at Us” featuring Morgane Stapleton
A Quiet Reflection on Enduring Love Through Time and Voice In 2016, John Prine offered a deeply personal reinterpretation of Look at Us, the beloved ballad originally made famous by…
SHAUN CASSIDY ON THE HARDY BOYS SINGING FUN FUN FUN
When a Teen Idol Borrowed a Classic Tune and Turned Television Fame into Pop Gold In the late 1970s, at the height of teen television fever, Shaun Cassidy stood at…
What If Smokie Had Failed to Break Into Europe?
What If Smokie Had Never Conquered Europe—and Faded Into the Silence of the 1970s? History often remembers success as inevitable, but for many bands, it is the result of fragile…