Gram Parsons – Return of the Grievous Angel (2006 Remaster)
Oldies Songs A Song That Turned Loss into Light and Transformed Country Music Forever When “Return of the Grievous Angel” was released in 1974 on Gram Parsons’ final studio album Grievous Angel,…
Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Oldies Songs I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday — a joyful dream of innocence, warmth, and the Christmas we all remember From the very first blast of bells, brass, and childlike…
Gary Glitter – Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)
Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!) — the sound of a reckless era, when rhythm overruled reason and rock chased pure sensation When “Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh…
Emmylou Harris – Snowin’ on Raton
Snowin’ on Raton — a quiet song about roads, regrets, and the mercy of time When Emmylou Harris sings “Snowin’ on Raton”, it feels less like a performance and more…
Emmylou Harris – If I Needed You
If I Needed You — a love spoken softly, yet strong enough to last a lifetime There are songs that arrive with thunder, and there are songs that enter the…
Bobby Weir – Looks Like Rain
Looks Like Rain — a tender storm of memory, heartache, and the fleeting beauty of a passing love “Looks Like Rain” by Bobby Weir is a song that drifts in…
Bobby Weir – Sugar Magnolia
Sugar Magnolia — a sun-drenched celebration of love, life, and the fleeting sweetness of the moment Few songs capture the buoyant, wild-hearted spirit of the late 1960s like “Sugar Magnolia”…
Bobby Weir – Brokedown Palace
Brokedown Palace — a tender farewell carried on the wings of memory “Brokedown Palace” by Bobby Weir is one of those songs that seems to exist outside of time —…
Emmylou Harris – Sweet Old World
A Quiet Reckoning with Time, Loss, and Grace in Sweet Old World When Sweet Old World first appeared in 1992, it did not announce itself with radio-friendly polish or commercial…
Gillian Welch – Empty Trainload Of Sky
Empty Trainload of Sky — a hymn for the departed, drifting through time like a ghost train at dusk From its opening lines, “Empty Trainload of Sky” by Gillian Welch…