Ferrante & Teicher – Exodus
The 1960s were not solely the decade of rock-and-roll revolution; they were also a golden age for the instrumental orchestra,…
The Hollies – Sorry Suzane
It is late 1969, and the air is thick with change. The monolithic promise of psychedelic freedom is giving way…
Diana Ross (Crossover) – It’s My Turn
The year is 1980. The last, decadent shimmer of disco ball light is fading, leaving behind a certain quiet uncertainty.…
Pam Tillis – Mi Vida Loca
The country landscape of the mid-1990s was a vibrant, often contradictory place. It was an era of arena-sized rock guitars…
Kathy Mattea – Where’ve You Been
The air was thick with the late-night static of FM radio, a sound that has its own kind of nostalgia,…
Vern Gosdin – Set ‘Em Up Joe
The air in the listening room is thick, not with smoke, but with the ghost of it—a phantom haze that…
Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens – Streets of Bakersfield
The air inside Capitol Studio B was reportedly thick with a mix of reverence and defiance in 1988. It was…
Ricky Skaggs – Country Boy
The year is 1984. Country radio, often a bellwether of American cultural shifts, was vibrating with a complex energy. The…
Oak Ridge Boys – Make My Life With You
The year is 1984. The landscape of country music, once defined by the grit of Bakersfield and the weeping steel…
Bee Gees – Woman in Love
The year is 1980. The embers of the disco inferno, fueled so brightly by the Bee Gees themselves, were cooling…