George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Let’s Build A World Together
When Hope and Heartbreak Wore Matching Outfits: The Tragic Irony of a Duet’s Drea There are certain songs, woven into the fabric of American Country Music, that transcend mere melody…
When Hope and Heartbreak Wore Matching Outfits: The Tragic Irony of a Duet’s Drea There are certain songs, woven into the fabric of American Country Music, that transcend mere melody…
Don Williams – The Rose: A Quiet, Profound Meditation on the Nature of Love Ah, there are some songs, aren’t there, that just wrap around your soul like a well-worn,…
Glam Rock’s Hard-Edged Statement of Self-Determination For those of us who lived through the glorious, glitter-and-decibel explosion of 1970s Glam Rock, the band Sweet will forever occupy a unique and…
When Glam Rock Went Gallic: The Sweet’s Lush, Unexpected Ballad To those of us who came of age in the 1970s, the name The Sweet conjures up a glorious cacophony…
When the Silence Screams: The Ghost of Love in an Empty Room There are voices in country music that, once heard, become permanent fixtures in the soundscape of our lives.…
The Velvet Voice Rides the Rails: An Ode to the Original Rambler The year was 1956, and the “Nashville Sound” was beginning its polished ascent. In the midst of this…
Don Williams – Amanda: The Sweet, Gentle Confession of an Aging Heart To speak of Don Williams is to summon the very definition of classic, smooth country—a sound so reassuring…
Don Williams – Standin’ In a Sea Of Teardrops: The Unflinching Gaze at an Ocean of Regret There are certain songs from the golden era of country music that bypass…
The Golden Voice of Romantic Regret To speak of Johnny Mathis is to speak of the soundtrack of a generation—the velvet-voiced crooner who, with effortless grace, transformed simple pop songs…
Marty Robbins – Jodie and the Kid: A Tragic Ballad of Loyalty and the Law in the Wild West When you mention Marty Robbins, certain legendary songs immediately spring to…