Nanci Griffith – From Clare To Here
An Epic Ballad of the Longing for Home, Carried Across the Sea on a Whispering Voice The late, great storyteller Nanci Griffith had a profound gift for finding the universal…
An Epic Ballad of the Longing for Home, Carried Across the Sea on a Whispering Voice The late, great storyteller Nanci Griffith had a profound gift for finding the universal…
A Seductive Offer of Sinful Perfection and Dark Comfort Ah, to listen to the late, great Justin Townes Earle—it’s like opening a dusty, leather-bound book filled with tragicomic tales of…
Longing for Connection: A Christmas Song for the Soul in Solitude Oh, the magic and the melancholy of a Christmas song by John Prine! His 1973 classic, “Christmas In Prison,”…
The Sweet Stumble into Unexpected Love The gentle, almost apologetic guitar strum that opens “Stumblin’ In” is, for many, the sound of an era—though perhaps not the era most remember…
An Enduring Symphony of Desperation and Desire Few songs from the great melodramatic expanse of the 1980s loom as large or ring as true with untamed theatrical passion as Bonnie…
An Electric Memory of Enduring Love’s Undying Sentiment “A Thing About You” is a heart-tugging acknowledgment of an everlasting, unshakable emotional bond, even in the face of separation. The Uncharted…
The Quiet Ache of Yesteryear: Nanci Griffith and Emmylou Harris‘s Melancholic Duet For those of us who came of age with the heartfelt strains of folk, country, and the burgeoning…
An Anthem for Empathy: The Enduring Plea Against Division From the moment the opening acoustic guitar chords begin, and especially when the velvet harmony of two legendary voices intertwines, you…
An elegiac reflection on the fleeting nature of love and the enduring power of classic rock and roll. The year 1996 brought a particularly heartfelt musical tribute into the world,…
An Enduring Promise of Love and Devotion, Softly Sung and Eternally Felt There are songs that simply drift into the popular consciousness, and then there are those rare covers that…