The Idiot – Stan Rogers
Oldies Songs The Enduring Power of Stan Rogers’ “The Idiot” More than four decades after its release, “The Idiot” remains one of the most compelling songs in the catalog of Canadian folk…
Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens – Act Naturally (Live at 96 CMAs)
Oldies Songs When Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam Shared the CMA Stage, Country Music’s Past and Present Sang the Same Song In 1996, the audience at the Country Music Association Awards witnessed…
Anne Murray Live Performance of ‘Bluebird’
Oldies Songs Twenty Years After “Snowbird” Launched Her Career, Another Bird Carried Anne Murray Through One of the Final Great Chapters of Her Hit-Making Journey Thirty-five years ago, Anne Murray proved that…
John Prine & Iris DeMent – In Spite Of Ourselves – Ireland 2000
A Love Song That Celebrates Every Flaw, Proving That Real Devotion Begins Where Perfection Ends In the year 2000, when John Prine and Iris DeMent stepped onto the stage of…
Bonnie Raitt – I Can’t Make You Love Me – Tonight Show 9-17-1991
Before It Became a Legend, It Was Simply a Woman Standing Under the Lights, Singing a Truth Millions Would One Day Share On September 17, 1991, Bonnie Raitt walked onto…
Dwight Yoakam – “Honky Tonk Man” [Live from Austin, TX]
The song that launched Dwight Yoakam’s career became a declaration of everything he would spend a lifetime defending When Dwight Yoakam stepped onto the stage in Austin, Texas to perform…
Roy Orbison – London Palladium performance, 1966
Before Life’s Cruelest Tragedies Arrived, Roy Orbison Stood on a London Stage and Sang as if the World Belonged to Him In 1966, Roy Orbison stepped onto the stage of…
Billy Joe Shaver – I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (Live at Farm Aid 1986)
A song about becoming better, even when life leaves scars that never fully heal In the summer of 1986, as thousands gathered in Austin, Texas for Farm Aid, one performance…
Stan Rogers – Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her
A Timeless Farewell: Stan Rogers and the Enduring Power of “Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her” Among the many voices that have carried the spirit of folk music across generations, Stan…
Stan Rogers – Take It From Day To Day
“Take It From Day To Day”: How Stan Rogers Turned Ordinary Lives Into Timeless Folk Poetry More than four decades after it was first performed, Stan Rogers’ “Take It From…