By 2003, “Wake Up Little Susie” No Longer Sounded Like Teenage Trouble. It Sounded Like Two Brothers Remembering an Entire Lifetime Together When The Everly Brothers walked onto the stage…
In 1984, Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley Sat Together in Austin and Played Music Like Two Old Souls Trying to Outsing Loneliness There is something almost painfully intimate about…
Gordon Lightfoot’s Timeless Farewell Echoes Through a Historic 1972 Performance When Gordon Lightfoot performed the traditional folk ballad “Farewell Nova Scotia” in a live television broadcast in 1972, he delivered…
The Hypnotic Power of The Glitter Band on German Television The performance of The Glitter Band performing “Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2” during a live appearance in Germany…
The Quiet Loneliness Behind Three Dog Night’s “Pieces Of April” in 1975 In 1975, Three Dog Night delivered one of the most delicate performances of their career with “Pieces Of…
By 2014, Johnny Rodriguez Wasn’t Singing About Heartbreak Anymore. He Was Remembering It. At Trader’s Village in San Antonio, “How Could I Love Her So Much” no longer sounded like…
Anne Murray Didn’t Sing “Cry Me A River” With Anger. She Sang It With Experience. On the 1993 CBC special Croonin’, Anne Murray transformed a famous torch song into something…
By 1989, The Everly Brothers Were No Longer Singing About Young Love. They Were Singing About Memory. In Melbourne, Don and Phil Everly performed “All I Have To Do Is…
“Townes Van Zandt Could Make Self Destruction Sound Like Poetry.” In “Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold,” the smile was gentle, the melody was easy, but beneath it lived one of…
“Emmylou Harris Didn’t Sing Hank Williams. She Mourned Him.” In “May You Never Be Alone Like Me,” the loneliness of Hank Williams found a second life inside the fragile grace…
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