Steve Wariner – Your Memory
Oldies Songs 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…
Shaun Cassidy – Walk Away
An Intimate Confession of Loss and the Pain of Necessary Separation Shaun Cassidy’s “Walk Away” is an emotional deep cut from the gilded, yet often misunderstood, era of the 1970s…
John Prine – In Spite of Ourselves
Oldies Songs An Ode to Imperfect Love: How John Prine and Iris DeMent Found Heaven in a Messy Duet This classic duet is a hilarious, heartfelt testament to enduring love that flourishes…
Marty Robbins – The Mango Song
Oldies Songs Marty Robbins – The Mango Song: A Tropical Escape in Melodic Form In the vast tapestry of Marty Robbins‘ illustrious career, there are many threads that shimmer with the essence…
Randy Travis – Diggin’ Up Bones
A haunting, honky-tonk portrait of a heartbroken man resurrecting painful memories of a lost love, one relic at a time. Oh, if a song ever captured the sheer, agonizing solitude…
Conway Twitty β Itβs Only Make Believe
The Beautiful Agony of Unrequited Love, Made Real There are songs that simply take you back, songs with an opening note that’s like turning the key in a forgotten old…
John Prine & Emmylou Harris – Magnolia Wind
A Tender Farewell Woven into the Changing Seasons π A Whispered Anthem of Love’s Enduring Ghost In the vast, verdant landscape of American folk and country music, few voices carry…
Nanci Griffith – Lone Star State Of Mind
The embrace of a wide-open, heartfelt country sound, rooted in the unbreakable spirit of Texas. Ah, Nanci Griffith. Just the name itself conjures up the image of a bright, intelligent…