John Prine- “Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian” LIVE 1990
Oldies Songs IN 1990, JOHN PRINE WALKED ONSTAGE WITH A SMILE, A GUITAR, AND A SONG SO SILLY IT SOMEHOW REVEALED HOW BRILLIANT HE REALLY WAS. By 1990, John Prine had already…
Emmylou Harris – “Old Friends” at 2005 Americana Honors & Awards
AT THE RYMAN IN 2005, EMMYLOU HARRIS DID NOT JUST SING ABOUT OLD FRIENDS. SHE SANG AS SOMEONE WHO KNEW HOW PRECIOUS THEY BECOME WITH TIME. In 2005, during the…
Roy Orbison – Dream Baby (Monument Concert 1965)
BEFORE THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO THE KING OF HEARTBREAK, ROY ORBISON COULD STILL SHAKE A ROOM WITH PURE ROCK AND ROLL ENERGY. In 1965, during the now legendary Monument…
Tribute to Alan Osmond
Oldies Songs “The Heartbeat of The Osmonds Never Fades — Tribute to Alan Osmond” Some people become stars.Others become the reason the stars shine. Alan Osmond was more than the oldest brother…
Gordon Lightfoot Live at Massey Hall 1975
A Night When Gordon Lightfoot Turned Memory Into Music at Massey Hall There are concerts that entertain us for an evening… and there are concerts that seem to preserve an…
Anne Murray – Somebody’s Always Saying Goodbye
UNDER THE CARIBBEAN NIGHT SKY, ANNE MURRAY TURNED A SIMPLE SONG ABOUT PARTING INTO A QUIET PORTRAIT OF HUMAN LONELINESS. During Anne Murray’s Caribbean Cruise television special in the early…
Steve Earle – “Someday” (Live at The Loft at City Winery)
A MAN WHO ONCE DREAMED OF ESCAPE RETURNED TO SING ABOUT THE COST OF SURVIVING IT. On October 17, 2022, Steve Earle stepped onto the small stage at The Loft…
THE TRAGIC OPTIMISM OF ROY ORBISON’S LAST 48 HOURS
HE SMILED ABOUT THE FUTURE… JUST 48 HOURS BEFORE THE WORLD LOST HIM On the night of December 4, 1988, Roy Orbison walked into the Front Row Theater in Highland…
Jerry Jeff Walker – LA Freeway – The Dinah Shore Show
A Song About Leaving Before the World Hardens You: How “LA Freeway” Captured the Spirit of Escape In 1978, on The Dinah Shore Show, Jerry Jeff Walker performed “LA Freeway”…
Anne Murray reflects on blazing a trail for other female Canadian singers throughout her 41-year career, what she had to give up to get there and what she considers her greatest career moment
She Became Canada’s First Global Female Superstar… But Success Came With a Private Cost Anne Murray Rarely Spoke About Long before Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, or Sarah McLachlan carried Canadian…