Another of my personal mighty fell at the top end of the year, one of those pillars of my teenaged infatuation with rock and prog, namely Mr...

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 ...

Ain't technology wonderful? Want to do a duet with the deceased? No problem, and there is a rich seam of grave-robbing for profit, the s...

[ purchase ] I guess this is sort of related to my “No Thanks” post about Old 97’s “Lonely Holiday,” but back in June, when I think that...

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

A deceptively simple song, with a picked acoustic guitar and a rudimentary organ, a repetitive whisper, barely crooning over the top, yet...

The name of Stephen Bruton may be known to fewer than those who have heard his songs, and, if and when then, possibly when sung by others...

purchase [ Outlaws and Angels   ] I cannot claim to be a die -hard Willie Nelson fan - but you would have to be from another planet to...

Joni Mitchell (with Willie Nelson) : Cool Water [ purchase ] Sometimes a set of lyrics can change meanings depending on who sings them. O...

It's a bit bloody obvious, I know, and I can't even be arsed to see if it has been done before, but it seems so apposite in so m...

Julio Igelsias and Willie Nelson: To All the Girls I've Loved Before [ purchase ] I had a really difficult time trying to think of...

Faron Young : Hello Walls [ purchase ] Willie Nelson : Hello Walls [ purchase ] In 1960, Willie Nelson was struggling as a songwrit...

Willie Nelson : September Song [ purchase ] September Song was has words by Maxwell Anderson. Anderson was a famous playwright and novelist ...

I couldn’t help noticing that all of the songs posted this week were duets between a male and a female singer. Of course there’s nothing wro...

Jerry Jeff Walker: Sangria Wine [ purchase ] [ AMG Review ] Willie Nelson: Devil In A Sleepin’ Bag [ purchase ] [ AMG Review ] Waylon Je...

We had a power cut round my way, it lasted most of the evening and night. I get back and there are about a trillion posts! In an effort to c...