Linda Ronstadt – Willin'(Live 1976)
Oldies Songs A Road Song About Freedom, Temptation, and the Price of Living on Your Own Terms When Linda Ronstadt performed “Willin’” live in 1976, she was not introducing a new song…
Willie Nelson & Johnny Rodriguez – Forgiving You Was Easy (Live at Farm Aid on September 22, 1985)
A Quiet Confession of Mercy and Memory, Where Forgiveness Becomes Its Own Kind of Farewell When “Forgiving You Was Easy” first appeared in 1976, it arrived not as a dramatic…
Billy Joe Shaver- Ragged Old Truck
A Song About Escape, Desperation, and the Last Turn of the Key Before the Dark Released in 1981, Ragged Old Truck stands as one of the most raw and unsettling…
Sheryl Crow & Emmylou Harris – “Juanita”
A Quiet Portrait of Love and Longing in the World of Gram Parsons Few songs capture the fragile poetry of country rock quite like “Juanita.” In the hands of Sheryl…
Emmylou Harris – Calling My Children Home(2009 in SAN FRANCISCO)
A Sacred A Cappella Lamentation on the Passage of Time and the Unbreakable Silence of an Empty Nest There are certain moments in the vast, shifting landscape of American music…
Billy Joe Shaver – Wacko From Waco (Live at Farm Aid 2011)
A defiant outlaw voice laughing at its own scars, turning chaos and survival into hard-won country truth When “Wacko From Waco” first appeared in 1980, it arrived not as a…
Emmylou Harris – To Daddy (live at the Farm Aid concert in Austin, Texas on July 4, 1986)
A Daughter’s Letter Set to Music: Love, Distance, and Quiet Regret in a Country Confession When Emmylou Harris stepped onto the stage at the Farm Aid concert in Austin, Texas…
Bob Dylan – Hurricane
“Hurricane” — Bob Dylan’s Sweeping Musical Protest That Echoed a Cry for Justice At its core, “Hurricane” is an unflinching musical indictment of racial injustice and judicial failure, and one…
Neil Young – This Old Guitar (Live at Farm Aid 2005) with Willie Nelson & Emmylou Harris
A Quiet Confession Between Wood, Strings, and Time: When a Song Becomes a Life Remembered When “This Old Guitar” first appeared in 1975 on Neil Young’s stark and deeply personal…
Gram Parsons – Hickory Wind
A Song About Roots, Memory, and the Quiet Pull of Home That Never Truly Leaves Us When Gram Parsons brought Hickory Wind into the world through Sweetheart of the Rodeo,…