Darling Pretty was the first solo song by Mark Knopfler I was drawn to after the 2nd and final break up of Dire Straits in 1995. It’s a beautifully crafted rock ballad about someone he adores. It was the first…
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Russian Dance (1993) – Tom Waits
Russian Dance is one of 6 instrumentals from Tom Waits 12th studio album The Black Rider which is probably his most extreme album, not for its individual songs, but the contrasts between them. The Black Rider was a project born…
Devils & Dust (2005) – Bruce Springsteen
Devils & Dust is a latter day Springsteen acoustic number I’ve always been fond of and draws upon similar themes of lost hope and despair as his solo 1996 acoustic number Dead Man Walkin’ from the movie soundtrack of the…
Rusalka (Song to the Moon) 1900 – Antonín Dvořák (Ft. Renée Fleming)
Today’s featured piece – the soprano aria Song to the Moon is the most popular excerpt from Antonín Dvořák’s opera Rusalka. It is the second entry from Dvořák to appear here after Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95,…
Running Scared (1961) – Roy Orbison
The operatic ballad Running Scared is the second song by Roy Orbison presented here in quick succession from his legendary record Crying. This monumental track went to number 1 on the Billboard charts and sold over one million copies in…
Lonely Child (2014) – Christina Perri
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…
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…
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