Flogging Molly : Don’t Shut ‘em Down [ purchase ] So, of course, the government shutdown is over, and we here at Star Maker Machine ta...

Working for the Clampdown Get it, here! OK, so it's not the version you were expecting, but indulge me this opportunity to hit sev...

Beach Boys: Shut Down [ purchase ] The exuberance of the '60s Beach Boys was infectious: so infectious that they sold millions. ...

" Chris Bell: You And Your Sister [ purchase ] When I first posted the original version of You And Your Sister here way back in 2...

Steely Dan: Babylon Sisters [ purchase ] Babylon Sisters comes from the album Gaucho, which would be the last album from the origina...

Pernilla Andersson: "Don't Let Me Down" Pernilla Andersson: "Don't Let Me Down" (Twisted Sister cover) [ p...

Be Bop Deluxe : Sister Seagull [ purchase ] I don’t know if it is because I’ve been writing for another blog that wants third-person a...

Sisters : Richard and Linda Thompson Buy it! Phew, I was worried I wouldn't get back on-line in time for this submission, the...

The Roches: The Troubles [ purchase ] “We are Maggie and Terre and Suzzy, Maggie and Terre and Suzzy Roche…” Those were the first wo...

Ry Cooder : Little Sister [ Purchase ] I had to go way back through the SMM search/archives to be sure that I hadn't posted this s...

[Purchase] Producer and songwriter extraordinaire ( "Working In a Coalmine", "A Certain Girl", "Everyth...

Brothers and Sisters : One Night [ purchase ] What better way to transition from “Brothers” to “Sisters,” than to write about a band n...

[ purchase ] I‘m sure that we will be getting to pure posts for our new Sisters theme soon, but I wanted to share this second transiti...

Allman Brothers Band: Jessica [ purchase ] I confess that right from the start of the “Brothers” theme, I had this album in mind – w...

Dexys Midnight Runners : The Celtic Soul Brothers [ purchase ] Here’s a little blatant self-promotion, which happens to fit the curren...

Jesse McReynolds & Charles Whitstein : Remember me [ purchase ] I must admit that a favorite album which I regularly put back i...

Brother Can You Spare a Dime? was written in 1931. The Great Depression had hit the United States with its full force. Men who fought fo...

Deadstring Brothers : Heavy Load [ purchase ] Supposedly, blues music is mostly listened to and purchased by white people, and it took...

Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin : Piece of My Heart [ purchase ] For better or worse, Peter Albin, James Gurley...

Don McLean : American Pie [ purchase ] Following up on Dave’s prior post, the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie ...