John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves
Oldies Songs An Ode to Imperfect Love: How John Prine and Iris DeMent Found Heaven in a Messy Duet This classic duet is a hilarious, heartfelt testament to enduring love that flourishes…
Conway Twitty β Itβs Only Make Believe
The Beautiful Agony of Unrequited Love, Made Real There are songs that simply take you back, songs with an opening note that’s like turning the key in a forgotten old…
John Prine & Emmylou Harris – Magnolia Wind
A Tender Farewell Woven into the Changing Seasons π A Whispered Anthem of Love’s Enduring Ghost In the vast, verdant landscape of American folk and country music, few voices carry…
Conway Twitty – Next in Line
Waiting in the Wings: The Painful Hope of Being Second Best Thereβs a sound to the classic country music of the late sixties that just hits you in the soul,…
Roy Orbison – Only the Lonely (Black & White Night 30)
An Enduring Anthem of Solitude and Universal Heartbreak π In the vast, glittering tapestry of 20th-century pop music, few voices resonate with the unique, aching purity of Roy Orbison. His…
John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
πΆ The Enduring Call of Home: A Song of Nostalgia and Belonging π An Anthem of Appalachian Longing: John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Ah, the sound of a…
Everly Brothers β Bye Bye Love
An Enduring Anthem of Heartbreak and Hand-Wringing The Everly Brothers’ Breakthrough and the Dawn of Harmony Pop Ah, the late 1950s. A time when the sonic landscape was shifting beneath…
Conway Twitty β Iβd Love To Lay You Down
An Enduring Ode to Everlasting Romance More than a simple seduction, it’s a profound commitment to enduring love, through youth and old age. It was January 1980 when Conway Twitty,…
BEHIND THE DARK GLASSES β THE HEART OF ROY ORBISON
The Enduring Mystery: A Candid Look at the Heart of Roy Orbison For those of us who came of age with a transistor radio pressed to our ear, no sound…
Emmylou Harris – Together Again
The Sweet Relief of Reconciliation: A Timeless Country Ballad The song is a deceptively mournful-sounding celebration of a broken-hearted loverβs tears ending as they are reunited with their partner. There…