John Prine – Paradise – LIVE 1978
Oldies Songs A son stood on a stage remembering his father’s hometown, unknowingly preserving a vanished Kentucky landscape for generations yet to come In 1978, John Prine stepped onto a stage with…
Nanci Griffith – Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
A song about distance, silence, and the heartbreak of two people drifting apart while still longing to be heard On May 29, 2002, Nanci Griffith stepped onto the stage of…
Bonnie Raitt – Something To Talk About – Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans 12-31-1991
SHE WAS 42 YEARS OLD, HAD BEEN WRITTEN OFF BY THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND THEN WALKED ONSTAGE WITH THE SONG THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. On New Year’s Eve 1991, Bonnie Raitt…
John Prine – Spanish Pipedream live on Soundstage 1980
HE TOLD PEOPLE TO TURN OFF THE TELEVISION AND LIVE A SIMPLER LIFE DECADES BEFORE THE REST OF THE WORLD STARTED WONDERING IF HE WAS RIGHT. In 1980, a 33-year-old…
Anne Murray on Singalong Jubilee – Classic TV Performances
THEY TOLD HER THEY ALREADY HAD ENOUGH ALTOS. A FEW YEARS LATER, THAT SAME VOICE WOULD INTRODUCE CANADA TO ITS MOST BELOVED “SNOWBIRD.” Long before Anne Murray became one of…
Nanci Griffith – “Workin’ in Corners” (Live at Anderson Fair, 1988)
The Little Texas Songwriter Came Home and Sang for the Women Nobody Else Was Writing About On a warm August evening in 1988, Nanci Griffith returned to a place that…
John Prine – Fish and Whistle – LIVE 1978
No One in the Room Knew That a Joke About Heaven Would One Day Become the Way Millions Said Goodbye to John Prine In 1978, John Prine walked onto a…
The Everly Brothers – Bye Bye Love (Shindig, Nov 18, 1964)
As Beatlemania Swept the World, The Everly Brothers Returned to the Song That Had Inspired Many of the Artists Replacing Them on the Charts On November 18, 1964, The Everly…
The Irish Rovers with guest Anne Murray 1971
One Year After “Snowbird” Changed Everything, Anne Murray Walked Onto a New Television Stage Without Knowing a Legendary Career Had Already Begun In April 1971, a brand-new television series made…
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You – september 15, 1975
He Said the Song Came to Him in a Dream. Decades Later, It Still Feels Like One of the Most Beautiful Love Songs Ever Written. On September 15, 1975, Townes…