The modern Americana music queen is back with the stirring and soulful escapism of Wild at Heart from her seventh studio album, Chemtrails over the Country Club, released in 2021. The album is steeped in country folk and Americana, and…
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Wigwam – Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s 1970 album Self Portrait was disdained by almost all fans and critics, in large part because many of the songs were considered a farce and it seemed Bob wasn’t taking his songwriting seriously. What Bob was doing here…
Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
Wicked Game is such a sultry and sensual song that it’s hard not to be swept away by the romantic mood it evokes. It impressively captures the intoxicating effect of being in love, both lyrically and musically. But ironically, it’s…
Why Worry – Dire Straits
This restrained, atmospheric track from the stellar guitar rock band Dire Straits was sweet, tender music to my young ears. Along with the album’s title track, Brothers in Arms, it would signpost where Mark Knopfler was later headed with his…
Who Do You Love – Ronnie Hawkins & The Band
I’m telling this chick … how bad I am, so she can go tell the cat she’s hanging with, “this dude is something else.” That’s what it kinda meant, cat ridin’ rattlesnakes and kissin’ boa constrictors and stuff – Bo Diddley…
Who By Fire – Leonard Cohen
Who By Fire is about as solemn and spiritual as you are ever likely to hear from Leonard Cohen, and given his propensity for heavily laden lyrics of religious significance, you know I am not beating around the bush when…
Whitewash County – Elton John
This is one of Elton John’s most unheralded great latter-career songs. It’s got this irresistible groove and energy, and John is fantastic on the keys. It’s one of my favourite energetic, piano-driven tracks by him, with two great solos thrown…
White Flag – Dido
(White Flag is) engaging to the extent that you could easily be humming along without it registering in your brain. There’s something unconscious, pleasantly innocuous about it. It’s comfort food for the ears.– Derryck Strachan for BBC Music I like the…
The Story – Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile’s bandmate Phil Hanseroth wrote this song, and it became the title track of her 2007 album. I enjoy hearing it whenever it comes on my music player. It has lots of different guitar textures and, at times, reaches…
White Dress – Kenny Marks
This 1987 song White Dress induces tears in me more easily than any other song. There, I’ve said it. It’s the heartbreakingly beautiful story of a girl growing up in a single-parent household after her father leaves when she is…
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