This is becoming topical, as the thoughts of our leaders turn to whether we, the great unwashed, albeit with very clean hands, can or should...

Sure, you know this, of course you do. You may have sung it as a child; it certainly sounds as if you should have sung it as a child. I d...

Townes Van Zandt : The Hole Townes Van Zandt : Marie [ purchase ] This song is from 'No Deeper Blue', one of the post-Poppy R...

Townes Van Zandt: Black Crow Blues [ purchase ] Bob Dylan: Black Crow Blues [ purchase ] A twofer transition today gets us from the blues ...

Townes Van Zandt: If I Needed You [ purchase ] My husband and I saw Crazy Heart the other night - the storyline was fairly lame and forget...

Townes Van Zandt : I´ll Be Here In The Morning [no purchase possible alas; go here to buy all kindsa stuff at Jeanene´s official Townes sit...

Townes Van Zandt : Pancho and Lefty [ purchase ] Remedial lessons in alt. Country, part 2 I discovered this song 8 years ago in a French bo...

Townes Van Zandt: Intro to Snowin' on Raton Townes Van Zandt: Snowin' on Raton [live, 1995] Robert Earl Keen: Snowin' On Rato...

Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley: Girl Scout Cookies [live and unpurchaseable] Sarah McLachlan : Ice Cream (live) [ purchase ] Crowded Hou...

So far this week, we have already seen some of Bob Dylan’s remarkable range as a songwriter. He is equally adept at love songs, political so...

Townes Van Zandt: For The Sake Of The Song [ purchase ] One of my favorite music blogs, For The Sake Of The Song , has been on hiatus of la...

Patty Griffin: Stolen Car [ purchase ] Townes Van Zandt: Racing in the Streets [out-of-print; purchase ] Ani DiFranco : Used Cars [ pur...

Townes Van Zandt: Flyin' Shoes [ purchase ] Townes Van Zandt wrote a lot of songs about leaving. Here is one of the best. Days full of ...

Townes Van Zandt: Like A Summer Thursday [ purchase ] I’m a big fan of Townes Van Zandt . This isn’t one of his greatest songs, but it fit...