Hall & Oates – Maneater
Great Songs 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…
Shaun Cassidy – It’s Too Late
Teenage Heartbreak, Pop Production: The Bobby Goldsboro Ballad Reimagined for the 70s Teen Idol For those of us who came of age during the peak of the teen idol phenomenon…
Jerry Douglas – On a Monday
From Delta Blues to Dobro: A Bluegrass Master Reimagines a Lead Belly Lament When the incomparable Jerry Douglas turns his Dobro to an old song, it’s a form of musical…
Jerry Douglas – The Boxer
The Acoustic Resurrection: Finding Resilience in the Scars of a Bluegrass Masterpiece When we speak of Jerry Douglas, we are speaking of the Dobro itself—the weeping, sliding voice of modern…
Michael Hurley – Sweet Lucy
That Wistful, Boozy Wanderlust: The Tale of an Appalachian Love Lost and Jailed Ah, Michael Hurley. For those of us who appreciate the truly eccentric, the unclassifiable musical spirit—the genuine…
Blaze Foley – The Moonlight Song
An Ephemeral Sanctuary: The Purest Love Found Under a Treehouse Moon For those of us who have spent decades listening to the lonely music of the Texas troubadour tradition—the kind…
Eva Cassidy – Fields of Gold (songbird)
A Voice from Silence: The Poignant Testament of an Unlikely Superstar If ever there was a song that epitomizes the haunting, bittersweet legacy of a gifted artist taken too soon,…
Shaun Cassidy – Holiday
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…