Blue Cheer – Summertime Blues
Oldies Songs “Summertime Blues”: A Primal Scream Against Adolescent Restraint and a Blueprint for Hard Rock Fury. For those of us who bore witness to the seismic shifts in music during the…
Showaddywaddy – Hey Rock n Roll
“Hey Rock ‘n’ Roll”: A Joyous, Nostalgic Shout-Out to the Everlasting Spirit of a Musical Revolution. For those of us who came of age amidst the vibrant cultural shifts of…
Townes Van Zandt – Waiting Around To Die
“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…