Emmylou Harris – I Had My Heart Set on You
Oldies Songs A Quiet Declaration of Devotion in an Era of Change, Where Love Is Chosen and Held Without Regret Released in January 1986, “I Had My Heart Set on You” arrived…
Emmylou Harris And The Hot Band – Two More Bottles Of Wine (Red Rocks Amphitheater in 1984)
A defiant road song about starting over, sung with grace, grit, and hard-earned hope beneath the Colorado sky. On a summer night in 1984, Emmylou Harris stood on the stage…
Johnny Rodriguez – I Was Foolin'(Texas Pride Barbecue, Adkins, Texas, July 13, 2013)
A Late-Career Confession from a Country Traditionalist — A Song About Regret, Sung with the Weight of a Lifetime On July 13, 2013, at the Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins,…
Two years have passed since Toby Keith left this world, yet the sense of emptiness he left behind remains unchanged.
A voice that spoke plainly and sang loudly about pride, pain, and the ordinary truths of American life On February 5, 2024, the country music world lost Toby Keith, born…
The Everly Brothers – Born Yesterday
“Born Yesterday” captures the quiet dignity of maturity, reflection, and the wisdom earned through time rather than innocence. When The Everly Brothers returned to the charts in the mid 1980s…
John Prine & Steve Goodman – City of New Orleans
A rolling hymn to memory, movement, and the quiet brotherhood found along the rails of American folk music Few songs in the American folk canon feel as lived in, as…
Guy Clark – Magnolia Wind
A quiet meditation on love, impermanence, and the fragile beauty that passes like a magnolia wind Released in 2002 on the album The Dark, “Magnolia Wind” stands as one of…
Linda Ronstadt – Hurt so Bad (Live in Hollywood, CA 4/24/1980)
Linda Ronstadt – Hurt So Bad: When Pain Is Sung as a Living Truth On the night of April 24, 1980, at Television Center Studios in Hollywood, California, Hurt So…
The Price of Fame and the Collapse of Jerry Lee Lewis
When Genius Meets Its Reckoning: The Price of Fame and the Fall of Jerry Lee Lewis In the late months of 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis stood at the very summit…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Wild One
A Portrait of Untamed Youth and Rock and Roll Defiance at Its Rawest Core Few recordings capture the reckless pulse of early rock and roll as vividly as “Wild One”,…