John Denver – Boy from the Country
An Anthem for the Outlier and the Call of the Wild Heart For those of us who came of age during the gentle, earth-conscious 1970s, the music of John Denver…
An Anthem for the Outlier and the Call of the Wild Heart For those of us who came of age during the gentle, earth-conscious 1970s, the music of John Denver…
An Anthem for Lost Innocence: The Painful Capitulation of Youthful Ideals to the Comfort of Convention The song “The Pretender” by Jackson Browne is a melancholic meditation on the slow…
Marty Robbins – Don’t Worry About Me: A Heartfelt Farewell Wrapped in Melody Marty Robbins—a name that resonates with the golden era of country music, known for his rich voice…
An Enduring Anthem of Heartbreak and Hand-Wringing The Everly Brothers’ Breakthrough and the Dawn of Harmony Pop Ah, the late 1950s. A time when the sonic landscape was shifting beneath…
When the Loneliness of a Breakup Fills the Space of a Double Bed There are songs that simply walk you down memory lane, and then there are songs that capture…
When Love Defies Convention, the Heart Votes for Beautiful Wrongness Oh, what tangled webs we weave when the heart decides to follow a path the world calls forbidden. Long before…
The melancholy pop anthem of a lonely night, perfectly balancing teen idol gloss with genuine heartache. For those of us who came of age in the 1970s, the name David…
An intense, aching portrait of longing and the desperate wait for dawn after a fleeting moment of connection. To truly appreciate “Where Is The Morning,” you must first remember the…
A fleeting, wistful melody from a teen idol’s brief, bright moment in the sun. When we talk about the great teen idols of the 1970s, the name Shaun Cassidy conjures…
A folksy, tender ode to a lifetime of love and simple joys. Stepping back into the late 1990s, when collaborations between enduring rock and folk icons often produced quiet magic,…