I want to take a moment to wish you and your loved ones a truly joyful and Merry Christmas. This blogging journey wouldn’t be the same without you – that’s for sure! To celebrate this year’s Christmas Day, I decided…
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Till All The Rivers Run Dry (1975) – Don Williams
A happy quirk of the alphabetical sequence: we’ve just had my favourite female country voice in Alison Krauss, and now we arrive at my favourite male country voice, Don Williams. I’ve written before about how Don’s music played incessantly in…
Tagged with: Alison Krauss, Arden Lambert, Country Thang Daily, don williams, harmony, Till All The Rivers Run Dry
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Die Fledermaus (Waltz) Overture ‘The Bat’ (1874) – Johann Strauss II
That man you see above – Austrian Johann Strauss II was arguably the biggest music star of his era in the 1870s. He was widely recognised as the undisputed king of the Viennese waltz. His portraits were sold in bookshops;…
No Surrender (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
The whole Born in the USA album is choc-block full of rhetoric and romantic ideals of the carefree abandon and exhilaration of youth, but few are more pressure-cooked in just one song than No Surrender. Anyone who has tried their…
‘Till I Gain Control Again (2016) – Alison Krauss
Today’s featured track is another stunning contribution by Alison Krauss. Her voice holds an ethereal beauty that is simply unparalleled. She possesses quite simply my favourite female country singer voice – there’s not even a close second. She also has…
Tagged with: Alison Krauss, blue rodeo, crystal gale, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Till I Gain Control Again, willie nelson
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[In Lorretta’s Bedroom] Gettin’ Ready (Moonstruck Soundtrack) 1987 – Dick Hyman, Moe Koffman (alto saxophone)
A lot of music from the Moonstruck soundtrack has featured here, but today’s short piece is the first one written directly for the movie by jazz pianist and composer Dick Hyman (image inset), with Moe Koffman on alto saxophone. Once…
Indiana Road (1987) – Fred Eaglesmith
I first heard Indiana Road through Christian’s post The Sunday Six in February 2025. It stopped me in my tracks. This is pure country-rock storytelling – long, slow-burning, and unapologetically rough around the edges. The song tells the story of…
Only a Pawn in Their Game (1963) – Bob Dylan
We return to one of Bob Dylan’s most impactful political songs, Only a Pawn in Their Game. You could be forgiven for thinking you’re listening to the gravelly voice of a world-weary old man, but Dylan was just 22 years…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Medgar Evers, Only a Pawn in Their Game, The Times They Are A-Changin’
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Tienes Que Darle Cuerda (2018) – Sergio de la Puente
Two years ago, almost to the day, I wrote about the soundtrack to the Spanish film Sin Fin (Not the End), composed by Sergio de la Puente (pictured inset). As part of my ongoing Music Library Project, my favourite track…
1973 (2007) – James Blunt
1973 is an unusual but easygoing pop song built around nostalgia. The English recording artist James Blunt looks back on his club-going days, remembering Saturday nights spent with his muse, Simona, as youth, music and time all ran together. I…
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