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Bright Eyes (1978) – Art Garfunkle (written by Mike Batt)

I am still elated by the video-call my kids and I had with my brother last night. Like Dylan sang in Long and Wasted Years: ‘It’s been such a long, long time‘. Any-hows, today’s featured track Bright Eyes couldn’t be

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Old Pine (2012) – Ben Howard

I am at loss how I came across Old Pine by Ben Howard, but I’m sure glad I did. It’s as though it could have belonged on the movie soundtrack Leave no Trace (2018) or co-joined a Richie Valens acoustic

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A Thousand Stars (1960) – Kathy Young & The Innocents

I found A Thousand Stars at Max’s blog – PowerPop. I would encourage you to read his article in the link below: I don’t know how many people know this song but it took me twenty years to find it.

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[Just Like] Starting Over (1980) – John Lennon

[Just Like] Starting Over was released 45 days before John Lennon was murdered on the 8th of December 1980. It was Lennon’s final single released in his lifetime. As my blogger friend Max mentioned in a recent post: Lennon has

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Little Bird (2010) – Kasey Chambers

But I don’t want you that badNo I don’t want you that bad at 00:47 in music video of Litle Bird When Kasey sings these lines above, my heart melts. This is why I listen to and write about music.

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[If You’re Not in It for Love] I’m Outta Here! (1995) – Shania Twain

When I was beginning to draft this article, I searched for articles I had written of Shania Twain’s music and low and behold I didn’t find any! I feel mindless that I overlooked her in the compilation of artists /

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Ojalá Que Llueva Café (1989) – Juan Luis Guerra

Dominican music legend Juan Luis Guerra has featured here 6 times. Ojalá Que Llueva Café (I Wish That It Rains Coffee) will make it lucky seven. This song is a hymn of encouragement to Latin farmers in their fight to

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Oh, Sister (1976) – Bob Dylan

Oh Sister was recorded for Dylan’s seventeenth studio album Desire, and performed with Emmylou Harris. The song became a discourse on the ‘fragility of love‘. This is the first song to feature here from the Desire record, and it certainly

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Manchester by the Sea Chorale (2016) – Lesley Barber

“For Lee [Affleck], except for the things that are happening in real time, everything exists in his mind all the time,” Barber said. “So, for flashbacks, I didn’t have to define how far back or how recent. It was just

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Miles (2011) – Christina Perri

Kiss me on my shoulderTell me it’s not overI promised to always come home to youRemind me that I’m olderTo be brave smart, sweet and bolderAnd don’t give up on what we’re trying to do It’s been way too long

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