Roy Orbison – It’s Over (Monument Concert 1965)
Oldies Songs When Roy Orbison Sang “It’s Over” in 1965, Heartbreak Suddenly Sounded Larger Than Life In 1965, at the height of his extraordinary career, Roy Orbison stepped onto the stage for…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Navajo Rug – his Gruene Hall performance from 1989
A Campfire Memory Wrapped Inside “Navajo Rug” and the Weathered Voice of Jerry Jeff Walker In 1989, inside the wooden walls of Texas’ legendary Gruene Hall, Jerry Jeff Walker delivered…
Anne Murray – Child of Mine
Long Before Modern Parenting Anthems Existed, Anne Murray Quietly Recorded One Of The Most Comforting Songs Ever Sung To A Child In 1971, as the world was rapidly changing and…
Roy Orbison – Oh, pretty woman – American TV show called Pink Lady from the 1980’s
When Roy Orbison Sang “Oh, Pretty Woman” In The 1980s, Time Suddenly Rolled Back To The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll By the time Roy Orbison appeared on the…
Paul Simon – Graceland (Later Archive 2006)
Twenty Years After Changing Popular Music Forever, Paul Simon Returned To “Graceland” And Somehow Made It Feel Even More Human In 2006, when Paul Simon stepped onto the stage of…
A Country Song Crossed A City Divided By War
A Country Song Crossed A City Divided By War By 1976, Belfast was already carrying the kind of weight that changed how a city was spoken about. People thought of…
Anne Murray: 75 years of CBC
Anne Murray Remembered The Lost Era When Television Allowed Artists To Simply Grow Up Naturally As Canada celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, one of the most…
Guy Clark and Verlon Thompson preform The Cape
A Simple Song About A Boy Wearing A Flour Sack Cape Became One Of Guy Clark’s Most Beautiful Lessons About Courage And Growing Older When Guy Clark performed “The Cape”…
Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” (September 9, 1956) on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Night Elvis Presley Stopped Shouting Teenagers In Their Tracks By Simply Singing A Love Song Softly On September 9, 1956, millions of Americans tuned into The Ed Sullivan Show…
Emmylou Harris – How She Could Sing The Wildwood Flower (2008)
Emmylou Harris Turned One Quiet Television Performance Into A Meditation On Love, Memory, And The Songs People Leave Behind In 2008, during an appearance on the television program Later… with…