Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
Great Songs 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…
Buddy Miller & Emmylou Harris: “A Thing About You”
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…
Nanci Griffith & Emmylou Harris – Are You Tired of Me, Darling?
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…
Nanci Griffith & Emmylou Harris – It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go
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…
Nanci Griffith & The Crickets – Well… All Right
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,…
Emmylou Harris – Here, There And Everywhere
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…
Emmylou Harris – Goin’ Back To Harlan
The Ageless Lullaby of Lost Innocence: A Journey Back to the Roots of the Soul It’s often those songs that step quietly into your life, rather than those that burst…
John Denver – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Song That Taught Generations That Being Different Can Save the Day The holiday season, for those of us with a few decades under our belts, is often less about…
Frank Zappa – Bobby Brown
The Audacious Musical Saga of a Misogynist Jock’s Sexual Upending Ah, the 1970s. For those of us who lived through it, the decade was a swirling kaleidoscope of cultural collision,…
Frank Zappa – Watermelon in Easter Hay
The Lonesome Beauty of a Musician’s Final, Imaginary Soliloquy The year was 1979, and the world was in the throes of change, but for listeners delving into the sprawling, satirical…