Todd Snider – THE HUMAN CONDITION
Great Songs The ultimate folk sermon on life’s beautiful, baffling contradictions. Ah, to listen to a new song from Todd Snider is to settle in for a long, rambling conversation with the…
Tony Rice – Church Street Blues
The Unassuming Brilliance of “Church Street Blues” Ah, the year 1983. For those of us who came of age with the sound of a perfectly picked acoustic guitar, it was…
John Prine & Emmylou Harris – Angel From Montgomery
Longing for the Escape Artist: The Quiet Despair of a Life Unlived There are songs that simply exist, and then there are songs that become a shared language for the…
The Partridge Family – Doesn’t Somebody Want to Be Wanted
The Tune That Put David Cassidy on the Map: A Teenage Idol’s Lament Ah, to cast one’s mind back to the winter of 1971—a time perhaps simpler in its popular…
Eva Cassidy – Autumn Leaves
An unforgettable, heartbreaking elegy to lost love, sung with a transcendent, autumnal melancholy. The Wistful Echo of Eva Cassidy‘s “Autumn Leaves” There are songs that simply exist, and then there…
Eva Cassidy – Songbird (Eva By Heart)
A Tender Testament of Enduring Love and Lingering Loss It seems like only yesterday that we first heard the crystalline voice, a sound so achingly pure it felt like a…
Alison Krauss – You’re Just A Country Boy
An Evocation of Simplicity: The Profound Beauty of Uncomplicated Love There are songs that simply drift through the air, pleasant enough but quickly forgotten, and then there are those that…
Alison Krauss – Empty Hearts
The Haunting Echo of Unresolved Love in a Broken Relationship When one speaks of a voice that could melt winter frost or mend a fractured soul, the name Alison Krauss…
Shaun Cassidy – Carolina’s Comin’ Home
When Home Is More Than a Place: The Sweet Anticipation of Reunion A vibrant, pop-infused folk tale about the joyous, expectant return of a loved one. Oh, the late 1970s!…
Hall & Oates – Maneater
The Dangerous Siren: A Cautionary Tale of Urban Greed and the Ultimate Predator There are certain songs that, the moment the opening bass line drops, instantly transport us back to…