Steely Dan & Tom Scott – Home At Last
Oldies Songs Sailing Past the Sirens: The Sophisticated Skepticism of Finding Peace A jazz-rock meditation on the treacherous journey toward contentment, using the ancient myth of Odysseus as a cynical metaphor for…
Guy Clark – Desperados Waiting For A Train
The Last Train Out of Monahans: A Requiem for the Texas Wildcatter A tender, poetic elegy celebrating an unlikely, formative friendship between a young boy and his grandmother’s aging, hard-drinking…
Guy Clark – Anyhow, I Love You
Love as an Imperfect Masterpiece: The Unvarnished Truth of the Human Heart A stark, poetic testament to love’s resilience, enduring not because of perfection, but in spite of life’s daily…
Guy Clark – The Guitar
A Musician’s Life, Distilled to Wood and Wire: The Mystery of the Instrument The guitar is not just a tool; it’s a living vessel for destiny, creativity, and the songs…
Shaun Cassidy – Memory Girl
When Teen Idols Grow Up: The Melancholy Echo of a Lost Summer A sophisticated, late-career pop gem about the haunting image of an old flame who lives forever in the…
Chris & Susan Norman – All I Have To Do Is Dream
When the Voice of Rock Meets the Heart of Family: A Nostalgic Duet The sweet, timeless fantasy of perfect love, reimagined as an intimate, intergenerational family duet. For those of…
Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
The gentlest confession of a man’s shortcomings in love—sung with that unmistakable, rustic country voice. In the spring of 1982, a not-so-new song became a global cultural phenomenon—not from a…
Steve Wariner – Your Memory
The Phantom Lover Who Just Won’t Leave the Heart’s Ballroom Steve Wariner’s “Your Memory” is a cornerstone of early 1980s country music, a mournful ballad that perfectly captures the lingering…
Air Supply – Sleigh Ride
The Sound of Enduring Romance Gliding Through a Winter Wonderland For those of us whose musical memories are perpetually draped in the lush, soaring harmonies of the 1980s, the soft-rock…
Nanci Griffith – The Wing And The Wheel
The Poetry of Departure: A Meditation on Lost Friends and Unspent Dreams Nanci Griffith’s “The Wing and the Wheel” is a crystalline piece of poetic melancholy, a gentle-yet-profound reflection on…