Karen Dalton – Something On Your Mind
Oldies Songs A Song That Feels Like a Quiet Confession Between Midnight and Dawn There are songs that entertain, songs that impress, and then there are songs like “Something On Your Mind”…
Michael Hurley – Be Kind to Me
A Gentle Plea for Compassion Hidden Inside a Folk Whisper Few songs in the long and winding history of American folk music feel as quietly human as “Be Kind to…
Gerry Shephard ‘You are the one’
A Quiet Love Song That Slipped Past the Charts but Stayed in the Heart There are songs that dominate radio waves for a season, and then there are songs that…
Sundown – written by Gordon Lightfoot – performed by The Unsung Heroes
A song about jealousy, longing, and the quiet fear of losing someone you love, “Sundown” remains one of the most haunting portraits of emotional vulnerability ever written in 1970s folk-rock.…
Bobby Sherman & The Partridge Family – Stephanie
A forgotten television love song that never reached the charts, yet somehow survived in memory far longer than many official hits of the early 1970s. There are songs that become…
Alan Jackson – Here in the Real World
Oldies Songs “Here in the Real World” Was the Song That Introduced Alan Jackson as the Honest Voice Country Music Had Been Missing Before the cowboy hats became iconic, before the sold-out…
Anne Murray sings ‘Danny’s Song’ on Perry Como’s Lake Tahoe Holiday from 1975
Oldies Songs In 1975, Anne Murray Sang “Danny’s Song” Beside Lake Tahoe and Turned a Television Special Into a Quiet Celebration of Love and Family In 1975, during Perry Como’s Lake Tahoe…
John Prine – Picture Show – Texas Connection 1992
In 1992, John Prine Turned “Picture Show” Into a Joyful Celebration of Old Movies, Small-Town Dreams, and the Power of Imagination When John Prine appeared on The Texas Connection in…
Nanci Griffith – West Texas Tower – 1979
In 1979, Nanci Griffith Sang “West Texas Tower” Like a Young Dreamer Trying to Hold Onto the Last Wide-Open Corners of Texas Long before Nanci Griffith became internationally celebrated for…
Texas Tornados – She Never Spoke Spanish to Me
In San Antonio, The Texas Tornados Turned “She Never Spoke Spanish to Me” Into a Love Letter to the Borderlands and a Vanishing Texas Spirit When The Texas Tornados performed…