The mythological lure of the road has long attracted attention in way more than just musical memes. We’ll get to that in due course, but it ...

 Again, for me a no-brainer, if again bringing back to these pages a fella I have championed before. But with good reason, like Difford and ...

Nanci Griffith : The Loving Kind [ purchase ]  Every once in a while, I’m struck when something that seems so incredibly wrong still exis...

Nanci Griffith : Desperados Waiting For A Train [ purchase ] No personal story, no long history lesson, no political discussion toda...

Two for one here, a band with amazing in their title and amazing in the song, which is, um, amazing. And my "research", the sea...

Nanci Griffith : Armstrong [ purchase ] It isn’t a particularly profound or original observation to point out that 1969 was a pivotal ...

Spoilt for choice, really, songs about the radio abound all over, and it is the immediate word association I link to listen, watching or tou...

Hard Times Come Again No More is a song that dates from well before the Great Depression, but it’s easy to see why you might not think so....

Nanci Griffith : Love at the Five and Dime [ purchase ] I suppose you could call this post cheating on my part. After all, Nanci Griffi...

Nanci Griffith : Gulf Coast Highway [ purchase ] Now this is how you write a love song. Gulf Coast Highway isn’t about a road. It’s about tw...

First of all, let me say that I adore this week's theme, as I've always been a harmony voyeur - there's just something about tw...

Nanci Griffith : Dress of Laces [ purchase ] The well-worn metaphor of a well-worn dress speaks to the weary heart of a girl desperate for l...

Bob Dylan: Boots of Spanish Leather [ purchase ] Nanci Griffith: Boots of Spanish Leather [ purchase ] Martin Simpson: Boots of Spanish ...