Go Back Home – A Restless Reckoning at the Dawn of a Solo Journey
There are opening tracks that gently introduce an album. And then there are opening tracks that declare something — not…
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Song of Love – Stephen Stills
There is something unmistakably unhurried about “Song of Love.” It does not announce itself with drama, nor does it plead…
Living Next Door to Alice – The Goodbye That Echoed Across Generations
There are songs that explode onto the charts with swagger and spectacle. And then there are songs like “Living Next…
John Prine – In the Kitchen, 1986
There is something disarming about watching a legendary songwriter not under stage lights, but under the soft glow of a…
Colours – A Gentle Revolution in Harmony
In the golden age of 1960s folk music, when acoustic guitars carried the weight of a generation’s hopes, few songs…
Go to Sleep You Little Baby — A Whispered Prayer from America’s Past
When Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Alison Krauss lend their voices to “Go to Sleep You Little Baby,” they do…
Gillian Welch – Look at Miss Ohio
Look at Miss Ohio: A Quiet Masterpiece of Longing, Choices, and the Roads We Leave Behind There are songs that…
Gillian Welch – Everything Is Free
The Song That Saw the Future Before We Did In 2001, as Napster rattled the foundations of the music industry…
Joan Baez – “It Ain’t Me Babe”
There are songs that whisper heartbreak, and then there are songs that declare independence with unmistakable clarity. “It Ain’t Me…
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris – Brand New Heartache
There are duets—and then there are moments in music history that feel almost otherworldly. “Brand New Heartache,” as performed by…