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For the Sake of the Song: Bob Dylan “Hurricane”

October 24, 2023 Tim Martin 5

The song that really got me listening to Dylan, rather than just hearing him as background radio listening was his story of the imprisonment of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter for murder. An unusual song in Dylan’s canon, […]

For the Sake of the Song: Emmylou Harris “Boulder to Birmingham”

October 16, 2023 Rick Bayles 4

At the start of her post Gram Parsons solo career, Emmylou Harris was known more as an interpreter of songs than as a songwriter, though she had penned a number of the songs on her earlier […]

For the Sake of the Song: Mary Gauthier “Camelot Motel”

October 9, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

I first heard this song being played by Bob Harris and it is not an exaggeration to say it changed my musical outlook. I was aware of americana music (whatever that is) but this was something […]

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “Ripple”

October 2, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

It is sometimes wrongly assumed that the Grateful Dead’s studio records were mere templates for the live versions of the songs, and while this is certainly true for certain songs, this doesn’t mean they couldn’t capture […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

September 25, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

This beautiful song comes from Wilco’s wonderful second album ‘Being There’, released in 1996. This double album was named after the 1979 satirical comedy film where a simple gardener, played by Peter Sellers, somehow becomes a […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]