Townes Van Zandt – Waiting Around To Die
Oldies Songs “Waiting Around To Die”: A Stark, Unflinching Portrait of Despair and the Weight of a Hard Life. There are songs that gently caress the soul, and then there are those…
Willie Nelson – Whiskey River
“Whiskey River”: A Raw, Unfiltered Confession of Struggle and Solace in the Face of Life’s Demons. There are certain songs that become inextricably linked with an artist, embodying their very…
Nanci Griffith – From A Distance
“From A Distance”: A Universal Hymn of Hope, Divine Perspective, and the Yearning for Peace. There are certain songs that transcend the boundaries of genre and become something more than…
Firefall – Cinderella
“Cinderella”: A Gritty Narrative of Regret, Responsibility, and the Unraveling of a Fairy Tale. For many who came of age during the sun-drenched, yet often introspective, era of 1970s soft…
Loggins & Messina – House At Pooh Corner
“House At Pooh Corner”: A Tender Ode to Lost Innocence and the Enduring Magic of Childhood. There are melodies that, with their very first notes, can transport us through the…
James Gang – Tend My Garden
“Tend My Garden”: A Gentle, Yet Profound, Reflection on Nurturing One’s Inner World Amidst Life’s Demands There are moments in the discographies of even the hardest-rocking bands where a quiet,…
Gillian Welch – Everything Is Free
“Everything Is Free”: A Haunting Reflection on Art, Value, and the Digital Age’s Unsettling Reckoning There are songs that simply exist, and then there are those that act as prescient…
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Look At Miss Ohio
“Look At Miss Ohio”: A Tender Portrait of Restless Hearts and the Perennial Search for Identity There are songs that articulate universal truths with such unassuming grace that they feel…
Kenny – Fancy pants
“Fancy Pants”: A Whimsical Slice of Seventies Pop-Glam and Unabashed Charm For those of us who came of age during the vibrant, often wonderfully eccentric decade of the 1970s, music…
Cactus – Parchman Farm
“Parchman Farm”: A Roaring Blues-Rock Testament to Injustice and Raw Rebellion For those of us who recall the gritty, unpolished edge of early 1970s hard rock, when the blues fused…