Anne Murray – Broken Hearted Me
Oldies Songs A Quiet Confession of Loss, Where Strength and Vulnerability Meet in Song When Anne Murray released Broken Hearted Me in early 1979, popular music was standing at a crossroads. Disco…
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother
BEFORE OUTLAW COUNTRY UNITED THE HIPPIES AND THE REDNECKS, RAY WYLIE HUBBARD GOT BEAT UP TRYING TO BUY BEER Long before Outlaw Country became a celebrated movement, before Willie Nelson…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Would You Take Another Chance On Me
In London, Jerry Lee Lewis Sang “Would You Take Another Chance On Me” Like a Man Trying to Outrun His Own Past For a few fragile minutes in 1983, the…
Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Margo Price – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Four Legendary Voices Turned “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Into a Living Conversation Between Generations At San Francisco’s sold-out Masonic Auditorium in February 2025, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris,…
Anne Murray – Silent Night, Holy Night
When Anne Murray Sang “Silent Night,” Christmas Stopped Feeling Like a Holiday and Became a Memory of Home In just a few quiet minutes, Anne Murray transformed one of the…
Roy Orbison Talks About His Song Pretty Woman
THE DAY ROY ORBISON WROTE “OH, PRETTY WOMAN” IN JUST 30 MINUTES… BEFORE THE BEATLES TOOK OVER THE AIRWAVES By 1964, Roy Orbison was already one of the most respected…
John Prine on Austin City Limits “Summer’s End”
In One Quiet Austin Night, John Prine Turned “Summer’s End” Into a Gentle Prayer for the Lonely and Forgotten When John Prine returned to Austin City Limits in 2018, he…
The New Seekers – Free To Be…You And Me
Oldies Songs A gentle anthem about growing up, accepting one another, and learning that freedom begins with being yourself. In the early 1970s, when popular music was often divided between polished pop…
Gordon Lightfoot – Me and Bobby McGee
A song about freedom, loneliness, and two drifting souls who could never truly stay in one place — “Me and Bobby McGee” remains one of the most bittersweet reflections on…
Mary Chapin Carpenter and Emmylou Harris pay tribute to the legacy of Joan Baez
Three Generations of Women, One Enduring Legacy, and the Quiet Power of Songs That Tried to Change the World When Mary Chapin Carpenter and Emmylou Harris stepped onto the stage…