The Osmonds – Mirror, Mirror
Oldies Songs A Song About Losing Yourself Behind Fame, Reflection, and the Fear of Not Recognizing the Person in the Mirror When The Osmonds released “Mirror, Mirror” in 1975, the group was…
Anne Murray – If I Ever Fall In Love Again (Duet with Kenny Rogers)
Oldies Songs A Tender Duet About Trusting Love One More Time, Sung By Two Voices That Once Brought Comfort To Millions There was a special kind of warmth that appeared whenever Anne…
Cobwebs & Dust – Gordon Lightfoot
A Quiet Farewell to Innocence, Wrapped in the Dust of Memory There are songs that entertain us for a season… and then there are songs that sit beside us for…
Minstrel of the Dawn · Gordon Lightfoot
A Gentle Song About the Man Who Kept Singing While the World Grew Noisy There was always something quietly noble about “Minstrel of the Dawn” — a song that never…
Mud – Do It All Over Again
A reflective glam-rock memory about Do It All Over Again, a song of regret, persistence, and emotional return When looking back at the glam rock era of the 1970s, few…
Dwight Yoakam – “I Sang Dixie” [Live from Austin, TX]
A Lonely Song About Home, Regret, And One Final Goodbye Between Strangers Beneath The Neon Lights When Dwight Yoakam performed “I Sang Dixie” live in Austin, Texas, the room fell…
Anne Murray – This Season Will Never Grow Old
A Christmas Song Filled With Warmth, Memory, And The Quiet Hope That Some Traditions Never Truly Fade Away There was always something comforting about the way Anne Murray sang Christmas…
The Everly Brothers – Mama Tried – on the Smother Brothers Show
Two Harmonies Meeting One Honky Tonk Confession, As The Everly Brothers Turned A Prison Song Into Something Deeply Human By the late 1960s, The Everly Brothers were no longer simply…
Steve Earle – “The Galway Girl” and “Copperhead Road” (Live at The Loft at City Winery)
Two Songs, Two Worlds, And One Weathered Voice Still Carrying The Fire Of American Storytelling When Steve Earle walked onto the stage at The Loft at City Winery in October…
Gordon Lightfoot – Approaching Lavender
A Quiet Meditation on Love, Distance, and the Gentle Passing of Time in “Approaching Lavender” There are songs that arrive with thunder, and then there are songs like “Approaching Lavender”…