Love Hurts was written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. It was first recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, but was never released as a single due to a falling out with the manager. Love Hurts was first released…
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The Valley of Swords (1979) – Mike Batt & Friends
The Valley of Swords by Mike Batt (image left) comes from the No. 1 album in our household growing up, Tarot Suite. This 40-minute record, inspired by tarot card imagery, blends orchestral flourishes with progressive rock and folk influences. My…
Terrible Love (2010) – The National
Terrible Love is another track by the American indie rock band The National defined by its atmospheric soundscapes and dense instrumentation. It’s a slow-burning, melodic piece that builds gradually – much like Runaway, which I featured here last year. Both…
The Unguarded Moment (1981) – The Church
If there was one song that encapsulated the frenetic, anticipatory glee of my late-teen party days, it would have to be today’s featured track – The Unguarded Moment. I can still picture it blasting through the corridor of our Academy…
The Traitor (2005) – Martha Wainwright (written by Leonard Cohen)
It was called the Traitor. It was about the feeling we have of betraying some mission that we were mandated to fulfil and being unable to fulfil it and then coming to understand that the real mandate was not to…
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Boots Of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary – Live 1992) – Nanci Griffith & Carolyn Hester
There are very few Bob Dylan covers I prefer over the originals, but the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 1992) featured two exceptions: Lou Reed’s Foot of Pride and today’s song, Boots…
Carolina in my Mind (2006) – Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas (James Taylor song)
When God gets tired of listening to the angels and their harps, I am convinced he puts on Alison Krauss… – Anonymous There are certain female voices that, the moment I hear them, make my eyes go a little glassy…
Cocaine Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA – January 1968) – Johnny Cash
Here is Johnny going all gangster…singing a song about murder and cocaine inside a prison…to thunderous applause.“I thought I was her daddy but she had five more.” Gotta love that line….. Also, is there a better way for a prison…
4/8/25 – 10/8/25 – Zhukov, Upcoming Movies & Joel on Dylan
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Zhukov – Marshal of the Soviet Union DocumentaryVideo documentary at The People Profiles Since studying political science and the Russian Revolution at University, I…
The Times They Are a-Changin’ (1964) – Bob Dylan
Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin describes how musician Tony Glover stopped by Dylan’s apartment in September 1963, picked up a page of the song Dylan was working on, and read a line from it: “Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call.” Turning to Dylan, Glover…
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