Bob Dylan – Things Have Changed
Oldies Songs A Late-Career Reckoning with the World and the Self, Where Change Is Accepted Rather Than Resisted Released on May 1, 2000, “Things Have Changed” arrived quietly yet decisively at the…
Gram Parsons – Return of the Grievous Angel (2006 Remaster)
A Song That Turned Loss into Light and Transformed Country Music Forever When “Return of the Grievous Angel” was released in 1974 on Gram Parsons’ final studio album Grievous Angel,…
Emmylou Harris – Sweet Old World
A Quiet Reckoning with Time, Loss, and Grace in Sweet Old World When Sweet Old World first appeared in 1992, it did not announce itself with radio-friendly polish or commercial…
Guy Clark – The Cape
A Song About Choosing the Wind Over the Shore and Accepting the Risk of Becoming Who You Truly Are When “The Cape” appears in the catalog of Guy Clark, it…
Gram Parsons – Still Feeling Blue
A Quiet Confession of Heartache and Honesty at the Dawn of Cosmic American Music Still Feeling Blue stands as one of the most intimate and revealing songs ever written by…
Blaze Foley – The Moonlight Song
A Quiet Song Written for the Night, Where Loneliness and Mercy Meet Beneath the Moon Few songs in American folk music feel as unguarded and intimate as The Moonlight Song,…
Buddy Holly – Look At Me
A Quiet Confession of Vulnerability Hidden Behind a Rock and Roll Legend When Buddy Holly released Look at Me in 1958, the song arrived as a surprise, both musically and…
Guy Clark – Instant Coffee Blues
A Quiet Song About Waiting, Weariness, and the Small Truths That Shape a Life When Guy Clark released Old No. 1 in 1975, there were no fireworks on the charts…
Emmylou Harris & Sheryl Crow – Nobody’s Perfect
Nobody’s Perfect — A Quiet Triumph of Two Voices, A Song About Imperfection and Grace At the heart of “Nobody’s Perfect”, a deeply felt duet between Sheryl Crow and Emmylou…
Emmylou Harris — When I Was Yours
A Quiet Reckoning With Love, Time, and What Remains When a Heart Looks Back In the long and carefully tended career of Emmylou Harris, there are songs that announce themselves…