David Coverdale – Don’t You Cry
Oldies Songs Don’t You Cry — a soaring balm of reassurance and raw emotion There is an unmistakable power in the opening notes of “Don’t You Cry”, the kind of power that…
Gordon Lightfoot – Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Canadian Railroad Trilogy — a sweeping remembrance of a country built on dreams, steel, and the quiet courage of those who worked in the shadows When you return to “Canadian…
The Everly Brothers – Poor Jenny
Oldies Songs A wild night, a spinning wheel of fate, and the tender innocence that The Everly Brothers turned into timeless American melodrama. Released in 1959 as a single by The Everly…
Don Williams & Emmylou Harris – If I Needed You
A quiet confession of devotion carried on two of country music’s most unmistakable voices When Don Williams and Emmylou Harris released their duet If I Needed You in 1981, the…
Emmylou Harris & Daniel Lanois – Where Will I Be
A Luminous Question Cast into the Dark: A Voice Searching for Its Place in the Vast Unknown Released in 1995 as the opening track of Wrecking Ball, Emmylou Harris’s bold…
Whitesnake – Still of the Night
Still of the Night — a tempest of desire and the raw pulse of rock at its most electrifying Few songs capture the searing intensity of longing quite like “Still…
Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
Here I Go Again — a restless heart’s anthem of resilience and reinvention Few songs capture the turbulent yet hopeful spirit of the 1980s like “Here I Go Again” by…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Backsliders Wine
A Toast of Regret and Redemption in a Texas Honky Tonk Glass When Backslider’s Wine appears on ¡Viva Terlingua!, the live and now-legendary 1973 album by Jerry Jeff Walker and…
Whitesnake – Is This Love
Is This Love — a tender confession of desire, trust, and the courage to let oneself feel There is a rare magic in “Is This Love” by Whitesnake — a…
Emmylou Harris – Born To Run
A Song of Restless Hearts Searching for the Place They Cannot Stay Released in May 1982 as the second single from Emmylou Harris’ album Cimarron, “Born to Run” charted with…