The Everly Brothers – Long Time Gone (1958)
Oldies Songs The Sound Of Heartbreak Before Rock And Roll Grew Loud In 1958, while rock and roll was exploding with swagger and rebellion, The Everly Brothers quietly released a song filled…
Emmylou Harris – Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
A Restless Southern Highway Song Where Love, Freedom, and Loneliness Ride Side by Side When Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band launched into “Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight,” they…
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain (Live in Chicago – 1979)
A Lonely Airport, A Restless Soul, and the Song That Quietly Changed Folk Music Forever When Gordon Lightfoot introduced “Early Morning Rain” during his 1979 live performance in Chicago, there…
Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson – Old Friends – Suwannee Springfest, 2012
A Song About Friendship, Time, and the Quiet Grace of Growing Old Together Some performances do not feel like concerts at all. They feel like conversations overheard at the end…
Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, et alii “Harlem River Blues” song by Justin Townes Earle (Nashville, 4 Jan. 2023)
One Song, One Son, One Empty Space That Country Music Still Cannot Fill On a cold January night in Nashville, the voices gathered around “Harlem River Blues” sounded less like…
Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Anne Murray – Why me Lord
THREE LEGENDARY VOICES CAME TOGETHER FOR A SONG ABOUT GRACE, GRATITUDE, AND SECOND CHANCES When Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and Anne Murray joined together to perform “Why Me Lord,” the…
Guy Clark performs “The Waltzing Fool” to Honor Lyle Lovett – on October 29th, 2012
TWO TEXAS POETS SHARED ONE QUIET MOMENT OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING When Guy Clark stepped onto the stage in Nashville in October 2012 to honor Lyle Lovett with “The Waltzing…
Vince Gill – City Lights
UNDER THE GLOW OF NEON, VINCE GILL SANG ABOUT THE KIND OF LONELINESS MONEY CANNOT FIX When Vince Gill performed “City Lights,” he did not sing it like a modern…
Anne Murray remembers Gordon Lightfoot
WHEN TWO QUIET CANADIANS CHANGED MUSIC HISTORY FOREVER On May 2, 2023, only hours after the passing of Gordon Lightfoot, fellow Canadian legend Anne Murray joined CBC Listen for a…
John Prine – Thats The Way That The World Goes Round – LIVE 1978
JOHN PRINE TURNED LIFE’S MISERY INTO LAUGHTER AND MADE EVERYONE FEEL LESS ALONE In 1978, a young John Prine stood onstage with a guitar, a crooked smile, and a song…