A bright country-pop moment on television: “Bowling Green” celebrates small-town joy and the unmistakable harmony of the Everly Brothers On February 28, 1971, the legendary duo The Everly Brothers appeared…
A Quiet Farewell in Song: When Two Legendary Voices Meet in “Goodbye” On the evening of September 29, 2022, the historic Herbst Theater in San Francisco filled with anticipation as…
David Cassidy: The Shining Teen Idol Whose Stardom Could Not Silence His Private Sorrows As a specialist in popular music of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, I see David Cassidy…
A Joyful Declaration of Love That Captures the Simple, Unshakable Desire to Be Close to the One Who Makes Life Shine Few songs in the early 1960s captured the breathless…
From a Scottish Village to Global Pop Stardom: The Enduring Voice of Sally Carr As someone who has spent decades studying and documenting the popular music of the 1960s through…
“Pretty Boy Blue” – A Gentle Pop Ballad Where Innocence, Longing, and the Fragility of Young Love Quietly Meet Among the many European pop records of the early 1970s, “Pretty…
“Let the Mystery Be” – A Gentle Hymn About Faith, Doubt, and the Quiet Beauty of Not Knowing When Iris DeMent released “Let the Mystery Be” in 1992 on her…
A Night of Faith and Enduring Love in “We’re Gonna Hold On” On September 25, 2006, the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville welcomed an unforgettable musical meeting when Solomon Burke…
A Bright Anthem of Self-Worth: “Yesterday Man” and the Quiet Confidence of Letting Go When “Yesterday Man” by Chris Andrews arrived in the autumn of 1965, it carried a light,…
A Lonesome Prayer from the Edge of the Road: When Lost Souls Sing for the Shepherd Few songs in American roots music capture loneliness and spiritual searching quite like “None…
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