A City Song Caught Fire: Neil Diamond’s Street Life on 1977’s Love at the Greek
On Love at the Greek, Neil Diamond turned Street Life from an album cut into...
Before the Big Singalongs, Neil Diamond’s Dig In Fired Up 1969’s Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show
In Dig In, Neil Diamond sounds like an artist still close enough to the street...
Before Disco, Bee Gees’ “Edison” Made Odessa’s Baroque Pop Feel Like Biography in Motion
On Odessa, the Bee Gees turned biography into chamber pop, and “Edison” shows how far...
Maurice Gibb Steps Forward on Bee Gees’ Omega Man, the Size Isn’t Everything Cut Built on Brotherhood
On Omega Man, the Bee Gees let Maurice Gibb carry the pulse, revealing a brotherly...
No Flash, Just a Vow: Josh Turner’s “If You Ain’t With Me” on 2024’s This Country Music Thing
On a 2024 album built around country identity, Josh Turner lets If You Ain’t With...
That Deep Christmas Grin: Josh Turner Recasts Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town on King Size Manger
On King Size Manger, Josh Turner turns a familiar Christmas warning into a warm, low-voiced...
When Linda Ronstadt Returned Home, “Dos Arbolitos” Became the Quiet Heart of Canciones de Mi Padre
On Canciones de Mi Padre, Linda Ronstadt turned Dos Arbolitos into something more than a...
Linda Ronstadt Found a Worn-In Promise Inside Bruce Springsteen’s If I Should Fall Behind on We Ran
On We Ran, Linda Ronstadt did not simply borrow Bruce Springsteen’s vow; she let it...
When the Bottle Failed Her: Emmylou Harris Reframed Merle Haggard’s The Bottle Let Me Down on Pieces of the Sky
On Pieces of the Sky, Emmylou Harris did not copy Merle Haggard’s hurt; she let...
Emmylou Harris Found the Still Point in Leonard Cohen’s Ballad of a Runaway Horse on 1993’s Cowgirl’s Prayer
On Cowgirl’s Prayer, Emmylou Harris turned Leonard Cohen‘s wandering parable into a low-lit folk-country meditation...
The Compassion Came First: Emmylou Harris’s 1977 “She” on Luxury Liner Honors Gram Parsons
On Luxury Liner, Emmylou Harris heard “She” as a person first and a song second,...
A Late-Career Reckoning: Emmylou Harris’s My Name Is Emmett Till on Hard Bargain
On Hard Bargain, Emmylou Harris turned a country-folk song into an act of witness, letting...
A Sweet Detour After Protest: John Fogerty’s “Sugar-Sugar (In My Life)” on Deja Vu All Over Again
Between a warning song and a roots-rock grin, John Fogerty found room for sweetness that...
A Sweet Title in a Dark Room: John Fogerty’s Soda Pop on Eye of the Zombie
On Eye of the Zombie, John Fogerty placed a bright little title like Soda Pop...
After the screams faded, David Cassidy’s “Sheltered in Your Arms” found a different refuge on Old Trick New Dog
On “Sheltered in Your Arms”, David Cassidy sounds less like a star returning to old...
When David Cassidy Sounded Older Than the Show: The Partridge Family’s “I Would Have Loved You Anyway” on 1971’s Sound Magazine
On Sound Magazine, a polished television-pop album track gave David Cassidy room to sing regret...
Before the Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt’s Ramblin’ ‘Round Revealed the Restless Nerve of Her 1972 Self-Titled Album
On her 1972 self-titled album, Linda Ronstadt found something bracing in Woody Guthrie’s road song:...
Linda Ronstadt Rode Back Home in La Charreada, the Proud Pulse of Canciones de Mi Padre
In La Charreada, Linda Ronstadt did not simply visit mariachi tradition; she returned to a...
The 1991 Promise Inside Neil Diamond’s All I Really Need Is You on Lovescape
On All I Really Need Is You, Neil Diamond turned the polished sound of the...
Bee Gees’ “Rings Around the Moon” Lets Robin Gibb Turn a Still Waters Bonus Track Into a Private Confession
In the quiet margins of Still Waters, Bee Gees found a fragile kind of beauty...
The Quiet Cut Josh Turner Left in Plain Sight: Wonder in the 2017 Deep South Era
In the bright country polish of Deep South, Josh Turner tucked Wonder into the album...
A Rare Linda Ronstadt Co-Write Made “Winter Light” the Quiet Link Between Her 1993 Album and The Secret Garden
In “Winter Light,” Linda Ronstadt let a title track, a film song, and a rare...
Two Long Roads Meet in Emmylou Harris and John Starling’s Beyond the Great Divide from All I Intended to Be
In Beyond the Great Divide, Emmylou Harris and John Starling sound less like duet partners...
A Gambler’s Son, Sung Softly: Emmylou Harris Reframes Son of a Rotten Gambler on Cimarron
On Cimarron, Emmylou Harris turned Chip Taylor’s hard-edged family tale into a hushed question about...
A Love Song Becomes a Homecoming: John Fogerty’s Never Ending Song of Love on The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
On The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, John Fogerty hears Never Ending Song of Love...
The Comeback Had Sharper Edges: David Cassidy’s “Stranger In Your Heart” with Mike Reno and Mark Spiro
In Stranger In Your Heart, David Cassidy stepped into 1990 not as a preserved memory,...
A Darker River Runs Through Linda Ronstadt’s Women ’Cross the River on 1995’s Feels Like Home
On Women ’Cross the River, Linda Ronstadt turns a roots song into a crossing point...
A Hitmaker Suddenly Roars: Neil Diamond’s “I Am the Lion” Inside Tap Root Manuscript’s African Trilogy
On Tap Root Manuscript, Neil Diamond stepped past the comfort of the hit single and...
Neil Diamond Found a Softer Truth in Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ‘Until It’s Time for You to Go’ on Touching You, Touching Me
Neil Diamond’s 1969 reading of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s farewell song turns restraint into its own kind...
A Breezy B-Side With a Smile: Bee Gees’ “Kitty Can” Behind “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You”
Before the chart hit carried a condemned man’s final plea, Bee Gees placed a lighter,...