The Heartbreaking Truth Behind 4 Non Blondes’ Timeless Anthem ‘What’s Up’
The radio was a sea of static on that late night in 1993. Dense guitars and mumbled anthems filled the airwaves, a soundtrack for the flannel heavy cynicism of the…
The radio was a sea of static on that late night in 1993. Dense guitars and mumbled anthems filled the airwaves, a soundtrack for the flannel heavy cynicism of the…
The opening image of a calloused hand gripping a lunch pail before sunrise might be the truest portrait of America ever captured in a country song. That is the enduring…
He would shout it from the sidewalks of Main Street, a song sung slightly out of tune. Oscar, the man everyone considered odd, carried a message that would linger long…
The first chords of an acoustic guitar, a soft strum that seems to echo across decades, and then three voices rise together in a question that has never stopped resonating.…
The quiet strum of an acoustic guitar, a tender piano note, and then the voices begin to weave together like threads of memory. There is something profoundly stirring about the…
The King stood center stage in Las Vegas, the roar of the crowd still echoing. It was February 1970 and Elvis Presley had just finished another song when something unexpected…
There are records that feel like a room opening up. “Heed the Call” is one of them. It sounds like late 1970, when a good chorus could take the place…
There are songs that simply exist in the background of our lives, and then there are those that become the soundtrack to our deepest moments of connection. Ben E. King’s…
The Lasting Echo of Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” Some songs are written. A few are recorded. And a rare few take on a life of their…
There’s something almost poetic about a song that refuses to be pinned down by history. For fans of The Oak Ridge Boys, “Unshakeable” exists as a whisper, a title that…