The New Seekers – Beg, Steal Or Borrow
Great Songs An era-defining pop gem that almost won the UK their Eurovision crown. The song “Beg, Steal or Borrow” by The New Seekers is a quintessential piece of early 1970s British…
Nino De Angelo & Chris Norman – Ich Mach Meine Augen Zu (Duet With Nino De Angelo)
An unexpected, bilingual ballad that proves love’s fantasy transcends language. In the early 2000s, while many of us were looking back fondly at the classic rock of the 70s and…
Chris & Susan Norman – All I Have To Do Is Dream
The gentle echo of a timeless classic, tenderly reinterpreted as a family duet. For those of us who came of age with the golden-era harmonies of The Everly Brothers, the…
Steve Wariner – Holes in the Floor of Heaven
A celestial comfort for the ache of loss, reminding us that loved ones never truly leave. In the sprawling, often boisterous landscape of late 1990s Country music, a song arrived…
John Prine & Fiona Whelan Prine – My Happiness
A timeless declaration of enduring love, delivered with heartfelt simplicity. There’s a gentle magic in revisiting the past through song, and few voices had the power to evoke bittersweet reflection…
Miles Davis – So What
The Ultimate Statement of Cool and Creative Departure The very title, “So What”, is a distilled statement of unflappable cool, a question mark posed as an assertion that would fundamentally…
Miles Davis – Blue in Green
The Lullaby of Dawn in a Silent Scene: The Immortal Spirit of Modal Jazz “Blue in Green” is a hidden gem tucked inside the legendary music box that is Kind…
John Prine “The Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness”
A heartbreaking, poetic analysis of a breaking relationship where one person is perpetually running from commitment and self. The late, great John Prine was never a man to chase chart…
Randy Travis & Dolly Parton – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
A hauntingly beautiful question about remembrance and unforgotten passion from a love left behind. Ah, Country Music. It possesses a singular magic, doesn’t it? A way of distilling the most…
Nanci Griffith & Guy Clark – Desperados Waiting for a Train
A poignant, autobiographical sketch of a fading Western hero, symbolizing the end of an era and the wisdom passed down to a young boy. If the previous song felt like…