Simon & Garfunkel – “America”
America — A Quiet Road Song About Youth, Restlessness, and the Long Search for Meaning Few songs feel as intimate…
The Boxer – Emmylou Harris’ Tender Reinvention of a Classic
Few songs in modern folk history carry the quiet weight and poetic gravity of “The Boxer.” Written by Paul Simon…
John Prine – Please Don’t Bury Me
When we talk about songwriters who could make you laugh and cry in the same breath, few names rise as…
Kenny Rogers – Home Made Lies
When Kenny Rogers released “Homemade Lies” in 1982, it arrived not as a dramatic confession or a sweeping declaration, but…
John Prine – Quiet Man
There are songs that shout for your attention, and then there are songs that simply sit beside you, patient and…
One Red Rose – A Quiet Folk Testament to Love’s Small, Honest Gestures
There are songs that arrive with fanfare, polished for radio and shaped for applause. And then there are songs like…
Marty Robbins – Holding On To You
When Marty Robbins released “Holding On to You” in 1961, he offered something deceptively simple to the listening world: a…
We Could – John Prine & Iris DeMent
Some songs arrive with thunder. Others arrive like dusk—softly, steadily, and with a glow that lingers long after the sun…
John Prine & Steve Goodman – Singing Hank Williams Medley
When John Prine and Steve Goodman stepped onto a stage together in the 1970s and launched into their “Singing Hank…
Election Day – A Fragile Anthem from the Margins of America
To listen to “Election Day” by Blaze Foley is to enter a world that rarely makes headlines. It is a…