The Replacements: Sixteen Blue [purchase] It's common rock and roll currency to appeal to the pathos of adolescence. Here The Replacem...

Robert Earl Keen, Jr.: The Front Porch Song [ purchase ] My picks this week were kinda jokey, but this one I really love. By chance, Robert...

Elton John: This Song Has No Title [purchase] I've mentioned elsewhere that I have mixed feelings for Elton John. I think he has put o...

Joni Mitchell : Song to a Seagull [ purchase ] It’s hard to imagine, after all these years, how bizarre Joni Mitchell’s debut must have soun...

Dick Gaughan : Song for Ireland [ purchase ] As Dick Gaughan (see his bio here ) says on his site : "Song for Ireland" was writte...

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

Arlo Guthrie: Motorcycle (Significance of the Pickle) Song [ purchase ] This one is fairly self-explanatory. I don't want a pickle, I j...

Loudon Wainwright III: Swimming Song [ purchase ] Loudon Wainwright III -- father of Rufus and Martha by ex-wife Kate McGarrigle, and of Lu...

The Roches : Hammond Song [ purchase ] The Roches’ second album was Nerds; in it, they tried to stretch out, and explore their rock side. If...

Rupert Holmes: The Pina Colada Song [ purchase ] It must have been a ton of fun to be an adult during the 1970s when this kind of stuff was...

R.E.M.: Radio Song [ purchase ] This collaboration between R.E.M. and rapper KRS 1 appeared on R.E.M.'s 1991 mega-hit album Out of Time ...

Lullaby Baxter Trio: The Anyway Song [ Purchase ] Sometimes instead of finding great new music, it finds you instead. When I had a radio sh...

Bonnie "Prince" Billy : Ohio River Boat Song [ purchase ] Ohio River Boat Song by the Palace Brothers was the first musical sign ...

Björk : The Anchor Song [ purchase ] Björk is unique. To me she's the perfect incarnation of the Artist, unpredictable, with a genius t...

Fleet Foxes: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song [purchase] This blog tends to focus on well established bands and artists that have stood the test...

Fleetwood Mac: The Chain [ purchase ] When I told my wife about this week's theme, she told me that I had to post Fleetwood Mac's ...

The Clash : The Guns of Brixton [ Purchase ] Speaking of reggae... Those guys were one of the rare white bands who could play reggae and ma...

Bob Marley and the Wailers : No Woman, No Cry [ purchase ] I have mentioned elsewhere that the bass line is essential to the workings of fun...

John Hartford: Back in the Goodle Days [ purchase ] Haven't had a good Hartford post on here in a while... so why not serve up a nice, p...

Pixies: Gigantic [ purchase ] Every time I tried to think of a bass line this week, this was the song that popped into my head. It's s...