The Diamonds – She Say
The year is 1959, and the air crackles with sonic change. The foundational grit of 1950s rock and roll—the raw,…
Oldies Songs
Jackie Wilson – That is Why
It’s easy to look back at the dawn of the 1960s and see a clean line between the doo-wop of…
Bobby Rydell – Kissin’ Time
The late 1950s in America felt less like a decade’s end and more like an endless, sun-drenched Saturday afternoon. The…
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Alone Again (original version)
The year is 1972. I’m huddled close to the radio dial, the chrome bezel warm under my hand. The music…
Paul Anka – It’s Time To Cry
The year is 1959. Rock and roll was still a visceral, slightly dangerous promise, but in the mainstream of American…
The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby And The Range
The air in the apartment was thick with the scent of old paperbacks and stale coffee. It was late, perhaps…
Tony Orlando & Dawn – Tie a Yellow Ribbon
The window of the night bus is a sheet of black glass, reflecting the fluorescent smear of the cabin lights.…
Stampeders – Sweet City Woman
I remember the first time the needle found the groove. It was on a dusty, beige album platter in the…
Andrea Bocelli – Who Wants To Live Forever (with Brian May)
The air hung thick and velvet-dark over the rolling hills of Lajatico. It was a summer night under an impossibly…
Badfinger – Day After Day
The winter of 1971 felt perpetually grey, even inside the warm glow of the studio monitors. I can visualize the…