John Prine – Sam Stone
Oldies Songs The Black Hole in a Purple Heart: A Devastating, Unflinching Folk Ballad That Gave Voice to the Vietnam Veteran’s Invisible Trauma. The year is 1971. American music is caught between…
Walter Becker – My Waterloo
A Bitterly Humorous Confession of Self-Sabotage and Personal Defeat, Marking the Solo Return of Steely Dan’s Cynical Heart. The year 1994 felt like a dramatic, jagged piece of unfinished business…
Ted Nugent – Deck The Halls
A Savage Yuletide Shred: The “Motor City Madman’s” Unholy Hard Rock Reckoning with a Timeless Carol. The name Ted Nugent evokes a very specific, non-negotiable sound: raw, aggressive, unapologetic hard…
James Taylor and Carole King – Up On The Roof
Finding Sanctuary in the Sky: A Beloved Brill Building Classic Becomes a Heartfelt Tribute to Escapism, Sung by the Artists Whose Lives Defined It. The reunion of James Taylor and…
Ted Nugent – Snake Charmer
The Sleazy Allure of the Predator: A Gritty, Late-70s Hard Rock Warning About the Destructive Power of a Charismatic Personality. The twilight of the 1970s was an era where the…
MC5 – Tutti Frutti
The Two-Minute Manifesto: A Blistering, Iron-Clad Recommitment to Rock and Roll’s Primal Core, Stripped of all Psychedelic Fat. To understand the sheer, defiant drama of the MC5 opening their 1970…
Donald Fagen – Planet d’Rhonda
A Coolly Executed Confession of Obsessive Love and Fanciful Escapism, Set to a Breathtakingly Jazzy, Mid-Life Groove. By 2012, the world had come to expect a specific kind of exquisite…
Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down
The Symphonic Rockers Ditch the Strings for the Studio and Deliver a Hard-Driving Anthem of Pure, Unadulterated Frustration. The year 1979 was a time of seismic transition in pop music,…
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Dark Star
A Soaring Ode to Inner Exile: A Dramatic, Mystical Journey Through Self-Doubt and the Quest for Solace in the Ethereal Unknown. The year 1977 represented a crucial, often misunderstood turning…
Ray Charles & James Taylor – Sweet Potato Pie
A Gentle, Cross-Generational Testament to Simple Comfort: The Unreleased Culinary Duet That Epitomized Soulful Harmony. The idea of Ray Charles and James Taylor sharing a microphone is, in itself, a…