Tammy Wynette & Randy Travis – Strangers Again
Oldies Songs Sometimes the Saddest Goodbye Is Not a Farewell, but the Moment Two Hearts Realize They Have Become Strangers Among country music’s many songs of heartbreak, “Strangers Again” stands apart for…
Roy Orbison – Spanish Nights (1975)
A Rare Roy Orbison Story Where the Journey Ends in Love, Not Heartbreak For much of his career, Roy Orbison became synonymous with heartbreak. Songs like “Crying,” “It’s Over,” and…
Jerry Jeff Walker – I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight (Live 1989)
A Reflective Night at Gruene Hall: Jerry Jeff Walker’s Tribute to Hank Williams Became a Meditation on the Cost of a Life on the Road In 1989, Jerry Jeff Walker…
Bonnie Raitt & Gary Clark Jr. – The Thrill is Gone – ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Eve
A Song About Lost Love Became a Farewell to a Blues Giant as Bonnie Raitt and Gary Clark Jr. Kept B.B. King’s Legacy Alive When Bonnie Raitt stepped to the…
Dwight Yoakam – Close Up the Honky Tonks
A Year After Buck Owens’ Passing, Dwight Yoakam Sang “Close Up the Honky Tonks” Like a Promise to Keep Bakersfield Alive When Dwight Yoakam performed “Close Up the Honky Tonks”…
Ricky Van Shelton and Jack Greene – Statue of a Fool – in 1989 from a Ralph Emory TV show
Twenty Years After Making It a Hit, Jack Greene Shared “Statue of a Fool” With the Man Who Brought It Back to Life In 1989, a performance on television became…
Bonnie Raitt – Nothing Seems To Matter (Live 1977)
Before the Grammys and the Hall of Fame, “Nothing Seems To Matter” captured a young Bonnie Raitt singing about the quiet loneliness that follows love down an endless highway. In…
John Prine – “Knockin On Your Screen Door” with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater, Denver, Colorado
At 71, John Prine Wasn’t Asking About Fame or Politics. He Was Asking a Simpler Question: Where Did All the Neighbors Go? When John Prine stood beneath the towering red…
Anne Murray Live Performance of ‘Bluebird’
Twenty Years After “Snowbird” Launched Her Career, Another Bird Carried Anne Murray Through One of the Final Great Chapters of Her Hit-Making Journey Thirty-five years ago, Anne Murray proved that…
John Prine & Iris DeMent – In Spite Of Ourselves – Ireland 2000
A Love Song That Celebrates Every Flaw, Proving That Real Devotion Begins Where Perfection Ends In the year 2000, when John Prine and Iris DeMent stepped onto the stage of…