After Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees’ Spirits (Having Flown) Became the Song That Defined Their 1979 Return
On the first Bee Gees studio album after Saturday Night Fever, Spirits (Having Flown) felt...
The Song Came Home: Bee Gees’ Heartbreaker 2001 Turns a Dionne Warwick Hit Into a Still Waters-Era Confession
Bee Gees’ 2001 recording of Heartbreaker lets a famous hit return to its writers, turning...
When Two Weathered Voices Met: Neil Diamond’s One Good Love With Waylon Jennings Was the Quiet Heart of 1996’s Tennessee Moon
A mature country duet about love finally earned rather than easily found, “One Good Love”...
A Lifetime in 3 CDs: Neil Diamond’s 2017 50th Anniversary Collection Turns Hits Into a Life Story
Released as a 2017 3CD anniversary retrospective, Neil Diamond‘s 50th Anniversary Collection does far more...
When the Old Opry Walls Answered: Josh Turner’s Live at the Ryman Became a 2007 Cracker Barrel Treasure
Recorded inside the former home of the Grand Ole Opry, Josh Turner‘s Live at the...
What Made Josh Turner’s ‘Firecracker’ Feel So Alive? Three Songwriters Lit the Fuse in 2007
Firecracker turned a flirtatious country idea into something deeper: a bright, easygoing hit whose staying...
The Softest Surprise of 1994: Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra’s Moonlight in Vermont on Duets II
On Duets II, Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra made Moonlight in Vermont feel less like...
The Quiet Ache Behind 1980’s Urban Cowboy: Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther’s Hearts Against the Wind Still Feels Personal
Hearts Against the Wind gives Urban Cowboy its most human heartbeat, turning a fashionable 1980...
Before Homegrown Surfaced, Emmylou Harris Gave Neil Young’s Star of Bethlehem Its Quietest Grace on American Stars ‘n Bars
On ‘Star of Bethlehem,’ Emmylou Harris does something unforgettable: she brings calm, country grace to...
The First Time They Sang It, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson Turned Gulf Coast Highway Into the Soul of 1990’s Duets
On Duets in 1990, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson gave Gulf Coast Highway its first...
Forgotten for Too Long, Emmylou Harris’ Spanish Johnny on 2007’s Songbird Feels Like a Lost Night With Waylon Jennings
On Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems, Emmylou Harris restores Spanish Johnny to its rightful...
The Reinvention No One Saw Coming: Emmylou Harris Turns Bob Dylan’s “Every Grain of Sand” Into a Midnight Prayer on 1995’s Wrecking Ball
On Wrecking Ball, Emmylou Harris does not simply sing “Every Grain of Sand”; she lets...
The Night John Fogerty Took His Legacy Back: Premonition Turned a 1997 Warner Bros. Show Into a 1998 Triumph
Premonition is the sound of John Fogerty walking back into his own history and discovering...
Before Creedence Was Creedence, John Fogerty’s Call It Pretending Bridged The Golliwogs and Creedence Clearwater Revival
Call It Pretending is one of those small, nearly forgotten records that never touched the...
The Voice Fans Missed: The Partridge Family’s I’ll Leave Myself a Little Time Reveals a Truer David Cassidy
On one overlooked track from Up to Date, the bright TV polish thins just enough...
The Album America Never Got: David Cassidy’s Junked Heart Blues and the Lost 1976 Gettin’ It in the Street
Junked Heart Blues caught David Cassidy in a far more weathered, adult frame of mind...
So Gentle It Hurts: Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra Turned Moonlight in Vermont Into Duets II’s Quiet Masterpiece
Moonlight in Vermont became something quietly profound in 1994: not a grand showpiece, but a...
The First Note Said Home: Linda Ronstadt’s Por Un Amor Opened 1987’s Mariachi Landmark Canciones de Mi Padre
As the opening track of Canciones de Mi Padre, Por Un Amor announced that Linda...
Before the Comeback, the Bee Gees Made Saw a New Morning on The Midnight Special the Heart of the Life in a Tin Can Era
Saw a New Morning promised daylight, but on The Midnight Special in 1973 the Bee...
The Sequel Few Dared Hope For: Neil Diamond’s Hot August Night II Still Burned in 1987
Hot August Night II was more than a sequel in name; it was Neil Diamond...
The Quiet Comeback: Josh Turner’s Hometown Girl Took Him Back to No. 1 After Nearly Seven Years
Hometown Girl gave Josh Turner something more valuable than a hit: it restored his place...
That 1975 Jolt: Linda Ronstadt’s Heat Wave Recast Motown and Raced to No. 5
Linda Ronstadt did not simply revive Heat Wave in 1975; she gave a beloved Motown...
The Quiet Crossover Nobody Saw Coming: Emmylou Harris Took Here, There and Everywhere to the Hot 100 in 1976
Emmylou Harris turned Here, There and Everywhere into a soft-spoken 1976 crossover moment, carrying a...
Before Rodney Crowell Was Famous, Emmylou Harris Made ‘Til I Gain Control Again the Soul of 1975’s Elite Hotel
A young Rodney Crowell wrote a song about drift, weakness, and the hope of being...
After Tom Left in 1971, John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Sweet Hitch-Hiker Roared In Like Nothing Had Changed
On the surface, Sweet Hitch-Hiker is one of the loosest and fastest rockers Creedence Clearwater...
Buried on the UK No. 1 Dreams Are Nuthin’ More Than Wishes, David Cassidy’s Fever Revealed the Voice Beyond the Teen Idol
On David Cassidy‘s 1973 UK No. 1 album Dreams Are Nuthin’ More Than Wishes, Fever...
The Quiet Song That Changed Everything: Linda Ronstadt’s “Heart Like a Wheel” and the 1974 No. 1 Breakthrough
On Linda Ronstadt’s first No. 1 album, “Heart Like a Wheel” was the quiet center...
The Night Never Ended: Bee Gees’ Saturday Night Fever Returns in the 2017 Remastered 2LP for the Film’s 40th Anniversary
With its 2017 remastered 2LP return, Saturday Night Fever proves that the Bee Gees did...
When the Future Sounded Human: Bee Gees’ Living Eyes on BBC Tomorrow’s World in 1981
In 1981, Bee Gees music met the coming digital age in one unforgettable BBC moment,...
The Night TV Became a Concert Hall: How Neil Diamond’s 1977 NBC Special Made Love at the Greek Feel Like a Coronation
Before it became a No. 1 live double album, Love at the Greek was a...