Marty Robbins – Old Red
Music Legend When a Song Becomes a Tragic Western Movie in Three Minutes Ah, the 1960s. For those of us who grew up with the radio humming in the background, this was…
Charley Pride – Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’
The Simple, Undying Secret of a Happy Heart Ah, the early 1970s. The air was a little heavier, the world felt a little more complicated, but then, a melody would…
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Let’s All Go Down to the River
That Old-Time Religion and the Turmoil of Two Legends Oh, the memories that flood back when that familiar, jaunty piano intro kicks in! Long before the tragic end of their…
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
The Warmth and Comfort of a Timeless Embrace: A Country Standard Reborn There are certain songs, friends, that have been sung so many times by so many artists that they…
Donny Osmond – So Shy
When a Teenage Dream Made The World Go All Soft-Focus For a certain generation—the ones who plastered their bedroom walls with posters ripped from Tiger Beat and 16 Magazine—the name…
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – The Ceremony
The Turbulent Vows: A Country Music Love Story Written in Song There are songs that simply entertain, and then there are songs that become living documents of history. “The Ceremony,”…
Merle Haggard & George Jones – Yesterday’s Wine
Two Titans, One Timeless Tune: The Bitter-Sweet Reunion of the Road-Worn Soul There are certain moments in country music history that feel less like a record release and more like…
Marty Robbins – Little Joe the Wrangler
A Timeless Trail Ballad: The Haunting Innocence of a Lost Cowboy There are certain songs that carry the dust of the trail and the weight of a life lived hard…
Sweet – Healer
The Mystic Heart of Hard Rock: When the Sweet Searched for Salvation in Sound To truly appreciate “Healer,” you must first understand the ground the band Sweet stood on in…
Sweet – Air On ‘A’ Tape Loop
The Ghost in the Machine: When Glam Rock’s Heaviest Band Went Abstract If you were a fan of Sweet in the 1970s, you knew them as the architects of stadium-sized…