Lonely Child is from my favourite balladeer and troubadour Christina Perri. The song is the 9th track from her 2nd studio album Head or Heart and the 4th song to be presented here so far from that wonderful album. Following…
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Running on Love (1989) – Kenny Marks
I was runnin’ on lonelinessAnd now I’m runnin’ on love I became familiar with the Christian singer Kenny Marks when a friend of mine ‘Eric’ lent me his cassette tapes in school. In no time I consumed a lot of…
Blowin’ in the Wind (1963) – Bob Dylan
It (Blowin’) has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind” has been described as “impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious…
Runaway (2010) – The National
Runaway is classic restraint music from The National. It’s the 8th song on their 5th album High Violet. Ever since I first heard Runaway, I got swept away in it’s atmospheric soundscapes and sparse instrumentals. I often find myself putting it…
Runaway (1961) – Del Shannon
It’s no surprise Runaway topped the chart for 4 consecutive weeks, selling as many as 80,000 singles per day at the peak of its popularity and No 5 song of all of 1961. It’s just so darn ‘cool’! At a…
Run Like the Wind (1979) – Mike Batt and friends (ft. Roger Chapman)
No other album was played as often in our house during my youth than Tarot Suite by Mike Batt (with the London Symphony Orchestra)
Rumble (1958) – Link Wray & His Wray Men
Certain folks warned us not to go and see this show but I’m going anyway, are you kidding? Anything that sounds this nasty is right in my wheelhouse. Link Wray was playing this back in the 50’s. Can you imagine?…
Romeo And Juliet Theme (1968) – Nino Roto
This classic and memorable romantic theme from the film Franco Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet score was composed and conducted by the Italian composer Nino Rota. I don’t know how I came into possession of this music, but I imagine it…
Romance in Durango (Live November 1975) – Bob Dylan
This is a fantastic Dylan performance of the ‘Mexican feel’ Romance in Durango; the seventh song (or the second song on Side 2 of the vinyl) on Bob Dylan’s 1976 album Desire. It has everything, a song with a cinematic story (similar…
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