Alison Krauss – DPAC in Durham, North Carolina – on April 24, 2026
Oldies Songs ONE VOICE, FOUR SONGS, AND A NIGHT THAT FELT LIKE CHURCH FOR THE BROKENHEARTED On April 24, 2026, during the encore performance at DPAC in Durham, North Carolina, Alison Krauss…
Steve Earle “Last Words” for Justin Townes Earle (Nashville, 4 January 2023)
A FATHER SINGING TO THE SON HE COULD NOT SAVE In “Last Words,” Steve Earle did not write a song to impress anyone. He wrote it because grief left him…
Anne Murray – The Pat Sajak Show 1989
ANNE MURRAY LAUGHED HER WAY THROUGH FAME IN 1989… AND AMERICA COULDN’T STOP WATCHING By 1989, Anne Murray was no longer simply a successful singer from Canada. She had become…
Joan Baez – “Hickory Wind” song by Gram Parsons & B. Buchanan (San Francisco, 2 Oct. 2025)
A SONG ABOUT THE ROAD BACK HOME, SUNG BY A WOMAN WHO HAS SPENT A LIFETIME CARRYING OTHER PEOPLE’S MEMORIES IN HER VOICE On the night of October 2, 2025,…
John Prine – Quit Hollerin at Me [1996]
A WEARY MAN’S PLEA FOR SILENCE IN A WORLD THAT NEVER STOPS TALKING By 1995, John Prine had already spent more than two decades proving that he could say more…
Roy Orbison – “In Dreams” (TV SHOW 1987)
A Man Standing Almost Motionless While One of the Greatest Voices in Popular Music History Carried an Entire World of Heartbreak By 1987, Roy Orbison no longer needed to prove…
One Duet Turned Into A Rumor Country Music Could Never Silence
The Love Story America Imagined Was Never Real — But the Friendship Behind the Music Was Even More Beautiful Few duet partnerships in country music history created more speculation, fascination,…
Anne Murray – Broken Hearted Me
A Quiet Confession of Loss, Where Strength and Vulnerability Meet in Song When Anne Murray released Broken Hearted Me in early 1979, popular music was standing at a crossroads. Disco…
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother
BEFORE OUTLAW COUNTRY UNITED THE HIPPIES AND THE REDNECKS, RAY WYLIE HUBBARD GOT BEAT UP TRYING TO BUY BEER Long before Outlaw Country became a celebrated movement, before Willie Nelson…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Would You Take Another Chance On Me
In London, Jerry Lee Lewis Sang “Would You Take Another Chance On Me” Like a Man Trying to Outrun His Own Past For a few fragile minutes in 1983, the…