James McMurtry – Just Us Kids
Oldies Songs A quiet reckoning with time, memory, and the fragile bond between who we were and who we became When James McMurtry released “Just Us Kids” in 2008, it arrived without…
REMEMBERING THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
Oldies Songs A single winter night when youth, promise, and rock and roll innocence were forever interrupted, yet its echo still shapes how we listen and remember. On February 3, 1959, a…
The Everly Brothers – Born Yesterday
Oldies Songs “Born Yesterday” captures the quiet dignity of maturity, reflection, and the wisdom earned through time rather than innocence. When The Everly Brothers returned to the charts in the mid 1980s…
Jackson Browne – For a Dancer
A quiet farewell wrapped in grace, where grief learns to move again and memory keeps time with the music Few songs in the classic singer-songwriter canon feel as gentle, as…
Jackson Browne – Jamaica Say You Will
“Jamaica Say You Will” — A Tender, Ocean-Washed Memory of Love and Loss “Jamaica Say You Will”, the opening track of Jackson Browne’s 1972 self-titled debut album, stands not as…
James McMurtry – We Can’t Make It Here
A Quiet Protest in Plain Words: How “We Can’t Make It Here” Turned Everyday American Lives into a Moral Reckoning When James McMurtry released “We Can’t Make It Here” in…
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo
A crowded roadside barroom of American life, where laughter, chaos, and truth collide in one unforgettable night When “Choctaw Bingo” appeared on James McMurtry’s 2002 album Saint Mary of the…
John Prine & Steve Goodman – City of New Orleans
A rolling hymn to memory, movement, and the quiet brotherhood found along the rails of American folk music Few songs in the American folk canon feel as lived in, as…
Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon – Hasten Down the Wind
A meditation on letting go, where friendship, regret, and hard-won grace move quietly with the wind When Jackson Browne released Hasten Down the Wind in the autumn of 1976, it…
Guy Clark – Magnolia Wind
A quiet meditation on love, impermanence, and the fragile beauty that passes like a magnolia wind Released in 2002 on the album The Dark, “Magnolia Wind” stands as one of…