Merle Haggard – That’s The Way Life Goes
Oldies Songs After the Prisons, the Freight Trains, and the Hard Luck Stories, Merle Haggard Came Back to a Simple Truth: “Honey, I Love You Too.” There is something quietly remarkable about…
Anne Murray & Dusty Springfield – I Just Fall in Love Again
A Dream Duet Across Time: When Anne Murray Finally Sang With the Voice She Had Admired for a Lifetime Some musical collaborations are planned in recording studios. Others happen on…
Guy Clark – Magdalene – Clarksville, Austin, TX 2007
A Midnight Bus, a Dream of Mexico, and the Song That Followed Guy Clark for More Than Thirty Years In 2007, inside a friend’s home in Austin, Texas, Guy Clark…
Nanci Griffith – Boots of Spanish Leather
“Boots of Spanish Leather” Was Never Really About the Boots. In Nanci Griffith’s Hands, It Became a Quiet Goodbye Between Two Hearts Drifting Apart. There are songs that tell stories,…
Fats Domino – My girl Josephine – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2004
One Year Before Hurricane Katrina, Fats Domino Sat at a Piano in New Orleans and Gave the City Back Its Own Sound In the spring of 2004, Fats Domino took…
Anne Murray tribute at the Juno Awards 1993 with k.d.lang
A Young Dreamer from Alberta Once Wanted to Sing Like Anne Murray. In 1993, k.d. lang Stood on Canada’s Biggest Stage and Finally Got to Tell Her. Some Hall of…
Steve Earle – “Pancho And Lefty” (Townes Van Zandt cover) – House Of Strombo
He Called Townes Van Zandt the Greatest Songwriter in the World. Years Later, Steve Earle Sang “Pancho and Lefty” Like a Farewell Letter to the Man Who Taught Him How…
Carrie Underwood, Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt – “Blue Bayou” (Linda Ronstadt) 2014
Three Generations Sang “Blue Bayou” for Linda Ronstadt Because the Woman Being Honored Could No Longer Sing It Herself In April 2014, the stage of the Rock & Roll Hall…
Ricky Van Shelton – I’ll Leave This World Loving You
HE DIDN’T SING ABOUT FALLING IN LOVE. HE SANG ABOUT CARRYING THAT LOVE TO THE VERY END. When Ricky Van Shelton released I’ll Leave This World Loving You, country music…
Bonnie Raitt Performs ‘Angel From Montgomery’ At the 2022 Billboard Women In Music Awards
SHE STOOD ALONE WITH AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SANG A SONG WRITTEN HALF A CENTURY EARLIER, AND TURNED A MODERN AWARDS SHOW INTO A MOMENT OF QUIET HUMANITY In March 2022,…