A Song Born from Tragedy, Carried by Grace: When Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris Sang “If This Is Goodbye” on Swedish Television On May 7, 2006, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou…
When “Someday Soon” Found Its Way Home: Suzy Bogguss Brings a Lifelong Song to Jerry Jeff Walker’s Texas Stage There are performances that entertain, and then there are performances that…
More Than Forty Years After It Became a Hit, Johnny Rodriguez Sang “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” Like a Man Who Had Truly Traveled Every Mile When Johnny Rodriguez stepped…
Less Than Eighteen Months After Buddy Holly’s Death, His Crickets Joined the Everly Brothers on Stage and Rock and Roll Kept Moving Forward In 1960, audiences attending The Everly Brothers’…
“Mr. Bojangles” Began as a Chance Meeting in a New Orleans Jail Cell. Jerry Jeff Walker Turned It Into One of America’s Most Enduring Songs There are songs that become…
“I Know Love” Found The Everly Brothers Older, Wiser, and Singing Together as If the Lost Years Had Never Happened When The Everly Brothers released “I Know Love” on their…
When Nanci Griffith Sang “I Wish It Would Rain” in Austin, She Turned a Detroit Soul Classic Into a Quiet Texas Memory In 1990, during a memorable performance in Austin,…
A Young Emmylou Harris Once Dreamed of Acting Before Music Changed Her Life Forever Long before she became one of the most revered voices in American roots music, Emmylou Harris…
“Ride Me Down Easy” Was More Than an Outlaw Song. In 1989, Billy Joe Shaver Sang It Like a Man Finally Making Peace With the Road Behind Him In a…
In 1972, Anne Murray Walked Onto The David Frost Show and Quietly Turned “Snowbird” Into One of Television’s Most Comforting Performances On February 4, 1972, a young Anne Murray stood…
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