Gerard McMann : Cry Little Sister [ purchase ] It's Black Friday here in the U.S., and what better music to celebrate it than a nice...

Dick Gaughan: Your Daughters and Your Sons [ purchase ] The Duhks: Your Daughters and Your Sons [ purchase ] Two favorite versions of a we...

Kate Rusby : The Cobbler‘s Daughter [ purchase, priced in British pounds ] Kate Rusby is surely one of the leading voices of English fo...

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Little Mother-in-Law [ purchase used ] An odd little Hawaiian-esque acoustic number complete with slack key, uke, bru...

Lonzo and Oscar : I'm My Own Grandpa [ purchase ] It may sound like material for a Jerry Springer episode, but the roots of I’m My ...

Crowded House : Sister Madly [ purchase ] One of the most popular bands of the 1980s was The Stray Cats, with their slightly punked-up ...

Billy Bragg & Wilco: Walt Whitman's Niece [ purchase ] As a listener and blogger, I tend to favor a focus on history, production an...

Ass Ponys: Earth to Grandma [ Purchase ] In the grand scheme of the music world, there sure aren't a lot of homages to dear ol' Gra...

Vic Chesnutt: Aunt Avis [ purchase ] Widespread panic w/ Vic Chesnutt: Aunt Avis [ purchase ] Left a paraplegic after a car accident in hi...

Emerson, Lake and Palmer : Daddy [ purchase ] If there were a more disturbing song recorded by ELP I haven't heard it yet. In Daddy...

Judy Collins : Me and My Uncle [ purchase ] An entire day went by with our new theme, and no one posted. I wanted to, but I was waiting...

Peter & Gordon : A World Without Love [ purchase ] You know you're a top-drawer songwriter when even your rejects make #1 hits for...

Cannonball Adderley : Mercy Mercy Mercy [ purchase ] Joe Zawinul started his recording career as a bandleader in 1959, but he was soon worki...

Rita Coolidge : Superstar [ purchase ] Joe Cocker : Delta Lady [ purchase ] This explanation will read more like Six Degrees of Separat...

Sam & Dave: You Don't Know Like I Know [ purchase ] Before Chef, before Shaft, and before his 18-minute version of "By the Tim...

Howlin‘ Wolf : Spoonful [ purchase ] Here is my audacious statement of the week: Willie Dixon was as important to the classic sound of ...

Mott The Hoople : All The Young Dudes [ purchase ] David Bowie wrote All The Young Dudes for Mott The Hoople when Mott was struggling t...

The Spinners : It's a Shame [ purchase ] Some week's theme's are pretty binary, and a song pretty clearly falls in or out of...

Patsy Cline : Crazy [ purchase ] In 1961, Willie Nelson was hardly a household name. He was one of any number of Nashville songwriters ...

Nico: These Days [ purchase ] Though I have it listed in my archives as a Jackson Browne cover, this 1967 song is actually the original r...