Vern Gosdin – Chiseled in Stone
Oldies Songs A Song About Heartbreak’s True Measure: When Loss Is Carved Forever Into the Soul More than three decades after its release, “Chiseled in Stone” remains one of the most powerful…
Remembering Freddy Fender on His Heavenly Birthday
A Voice That Turned Heartache Into Hope: Remembering Freddy Fender on His Heavenly Birthday June 4 marked what would have been the 89th birthday of Freddy Fender, the beloved singer…
Johnny Cash – Get Rhythm – 1994
At 62, Johnny Cash Walked Onto a London Television Stage and Turned a Simple 1950s Rockabilly Tune Into a Lesson on How to Face Life’s Troubles. When Johnny Cash appeared…
52 YEARS AGO, ANNE MURRAY SANG A LOVE SONG THAT WASN’T ABOUT PASSION, HEARTBREAK, OR DESIRE—IT WAS ABOUT SOMETHING FAR RARER: PEACE
More Than a Love Song, Anne Murray’s 1974 Performance Was a Gentle Reminder of What Home Feels Like Fifty-two years ago, Anne Murray stepped onto a television stage and sang…
Johnny Rodriguez – Just Get Up And Close The Door – On the evening of June 4, 2014
At 62, Johnny Rodriguez Walked Onto a Nashville Stage and Reminded Everyone How Country Music Once Broke Hearts With a Whisper On the evening of June 4, 2014, the atmosphere…
Johnny Rodriguez & Tom T. Hall – You Always Come Back To Hurting Me
In 1979, Johnny Rodriguez and Tom T. Hall Turned a Simple Television Performance Into One of Country Music’s Most Charming Glimpses Inside the Songwriting Process There is something beautifully unpolished…
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight at Farm Aid 1987
When Broken Love Returned to the Stage: Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge’s Quietly Devastating Farm Aid Reunion A Love Song, A National Crisis, And Two Voices Carrying History At Farm…
Anne Murray – I’ll Be Your Eyes
A Song About Becoming Someone’s Light in the Darkest Hour When Anne Murray sang “I’ll Be Your Eyes,” she was not simply performing another gentle adult contemporary ballad. She was…
Texas Tornados Is Anybody Going To San Antone
FOUR TEXAS OUTLAWS TURNED A SIMPLE COUNTRY SONG INTO A BORDERLAND CELEBRATION OF PURE JOY When Texas Tornados launched into “Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone” on stage, it never…
Alan Jackson – Here in the Real World
“Here in the Real World” Was the Song That Introduced Alan Jackson as the Honest Voice Country Music Had Been Missing Before the cowboy hats became iconic, before the sold-out…