Shaun Cassidy – Holiday
Great Songs An Escape into the Promise of an Endless Summer Fling When the needle dropped on Shaun Cassidy’s 1977 debut album, Shaun Cassidy, the world was ready for a new teen…
John Prine & Mac Wiseman – Blue Eyed Elaine
An Ode to Steadfast Love: A Bouncy, Blue-Eyed Reminder That the Simplest Songs Are Often the Sweetest Oh, to be transported back to that simpler time, when a great song…
Shaun Cassidy – I Wanna Be With You
That Universal Teenage Longing: The Pure, Exhilarating Plea of New Love If there’s one song that instantly transports you back to the giddy, overwhelming rush of a first crush—the kind…
Alison Krauss – Jacob’s Dream
The Alleghenies’ Haunting Legend: A Ballad of Loss and Prophetic Hope “Jacob’s Dream” is one of the most poignant and narrative-driven songs in Alison Krauss’s extensive repertoire. It is a…
Alison Krauss – It Doesn’t Matter
The Velvet Anguish of Bluegrass: A Post-Modern Heartbreak The song “It Doesn’t Matter” is a quintessential track from the Grammy-winning album So Long So Wrong by Alison Krauss & Union…
Shaun Cassidy – The Last Song
An Unexpected Return: The Poetic Farewell of an Idol’s Second Act For those of us who came of age with Tiger Beat magazines and poster-plastered bedroom walls, the name Shaun…
David Cassidy – It’s One Of Those Nights
When the Dark Corners Whisper: The Agony and Sweet Surrender of Missing Her For many of us who remember the early 1970s, the music of The Partridge Family—led by the…
David Cassidy – Where Is The Morning
Waiting for a New Dawn: A Longing for Connection and the Relentless Passage of Time There was a time when the mere mention of David Cassidy could make a heart…
Jerry Jeff Walker – About Her Eyes
About Her Eyes — a tender portrait of love seen through the lens of memory There is a quiet magic in “About Her Eyes” by Jerry Jeff Walker — a…
Alison Krauss – Sawing On The Strings
Bluegrass Joy Unleashed: The Energetic Ode to Fiddle Music If “Sleep On” was the gentle lullaby of Alison Krauss’s early career, then “Sawing On The Strings” is the ecstatic, up-tempo…