The J. Geils Band – Centerfold
Great Songs A mischievous pop-rock confession about youthful fantasy and the bittersweet shock of reality Released in late 1981, “Centerfold” by The J. Geils Band quickly became one of the most recognizable…
Sweet (Brian Connolly) Live Hanau Germany 1986
A Fading Glitter Reignited: Sweet and Brian Connolly in Hanau, 1986 — a voice of glory, fragility, and memory intertwined In 1986, when Brian Connolly, the unmistakable voice of Sweet,…
Arlo Guthrie, Steve Goodman and Hoyt Axton on “Soundstage”
A rare gathering of storytellers—three voices, one stage, and a night where American folk memory felt alive and unbroken There are evenings in music history that seem to exist outside…
Shaun Cassidy – Classic TV Theme: Breaking Away
A Gentle Reflection on Youth, Freedom, and the Quiet Courage to Move Forward When “Breaking Away”, performed by Shaun Cassidy, appeared as a television theme in 1980, it carried with…
Richard & Mimi Fariña – Bold Marauder
“Bold Marauder” – A Haunting Folk Ballad of Myth, Memory, and the Fragile Edge Between Legend and Loss In the vast and often shadowed landscape of 1960s American folk music,…
Richard & Mimi Fariña – Hard-Loving Loser
A Quiet Folk Confession of Love, Loss, and Self-Irony in the Greenwich Village Era “Hard-Loving Loser” by Richard & Mimi Fariña is not a chart-driven anthem, nor a polished radio…
John Simon – Tannenbaum
A Quiet Reflection on Tradition and Memory—“Tannenbaum” as Interpreted by John Simon Few songs carry the quiet dignity of time quite like “Tannenbaum”, and in the hands of John Simon,…
Phil Ochs – When I’m Gone
A Gentle Farewell to Time Itself — A Song That Accepts Mortality with Quiet Grace and Unflinching Honesty Few songs in the vast landscape of folk music carry the quiet,…
Phil Ochs – I Ain’t Marching Anymore
A Quiet Refusal, A Moral Stand: The Timeless Echo of Conscience in “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” When one speaks of protest music in the turbulent 1960s, few voices resonate with…
Johnny Cash – Paradise
A Gentle Lament for a Lost Home and Vanishing Memories Few songs in American folk and country carry the quiet, aching weight of “Paradise”—a composition written by John Prine and…