Vince Gill – Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away
Great Songs A desperate plea for communication and effort to rescue a once-vibrant relationship from fading away. Ah, the early nineties. It was a time when country music had a distinctive, almost…
Chris Norman – Love For Sale
The Haunting Ballad of a Broken Heart’s Last Dance, Where True Feeling is a Costly Commodity They say that music is a time machine, and when the opening chords of…
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – 1913 Massacre
A Ghostly Christmas Carol: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott‘s “1913 Massacre” Ah, the sounds of yesteryear. For those of us who came of age with the folk revival, the voice of Ramblin’…
Gordon Lightfoot – Race Among The Ruins
A reflective look at past loves and hard lessons, driven by a determination to seize the promise of a new day. In the mid-1970s, the landscape of popular music was…
Davy Jones – Girl
A Timeless Serenade to the Simple Beauty of a Girl’s Affection There are songs that define an era, those anthems that blast from every radio, lodge themselves in the charts,…
John Prine & Iris DeMent – When Two Worlds Collide
When Opposites Attract, the World Gets an Unforgettable Tune About Beautifully Failed Love. The gentle, plaintive strains of “When Two Worlds Collide,” featuring the immortal John Prine and the luminous…
Gordon Lightfoot – Beautiful
A Poetic Testament to Enduring Affection and the Sweetness of Simple Love The quiet elegance of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Beautiful” is a masterclass in folk-rock sincerity, capturing a simple, profound love…
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Railroad Bill
The Legend on the Rails: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott’s Take on an American Folk Outlaw Oh, to be young again, sitting cross-legged on a dusty floor, the scratch and hiss of…
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
The song is a bittersweet, yet firm, declaration of moving on after a failed relationship, masking deep hurt with a veneer of nonchalance. There are certain songs, friends, that become…
Mud – Rocket
The Glittering Saga of the Girl Who Aimed for the Hollywood Stars A nostalgic, high-energy Glam Rock tale of ambition, exploitation, and the fleeting nature of fame. Ah, the 1970s.…