THE TRAGIC OPTIMISM OF ROY ORBISON’S LAST 48 HOURS
Oldies Songs 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)
Oldies Songs 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…
Osmonds – Dinah Visits The Osmond Family in Utah – 1978
“A Rare Glimpse Into America’s Most Famous Musical Family” Dinah Visits The Osmond Family in Utah (1978) is more than just a television special — it is a warm and…
Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton – Both to Each Other (Friends & Lovers)
A love song that arrived quietly in the mid-1980s… yet carried the warmth, heartbreak, and emotional maturity of an earlier era when melodies still lingered long after the radio faded.…
Crystal Gayle & Eddie Rabbitt – You And I
Sometimes the softest love songs say the deepest things — and “You And I” became one of country-pop’s most heartfelt promises, wrapped in warmth, devotion, and quiet maturity. There are…
The Who – Eminence Front
A song about empty glamour, cocaine-fueled nights, and the loneliness hidden behind success — “Eminence Front” remains one of The Who’s most haunting reflections on illusion and escape. Released in…