Archive for May, 2012
Shawn Colvin: All Fall Down
Grammy award-winning artist Shawn Colvin has uncovered, polished and delivered another wellspring of personal and poetic gems for her fans.
Bonnie Raitt: Celebrating Songwriters at the Ryman
Bonnie Raitt is the Fairy Godmother of songwriters, turning dreams into reality one song at a time. And last Saturday night at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium—where a city of hopeful and accomplished tunesmiths filled the pews of the Mother Church—her magical powers were on full display. A week into the tour for her flawless new release, […]
Billy Joel’s “Only the Good Die Young”
“When I wrote ‘Only the Good Die Young,’ the point of the song wasn’t so much anti-Catholic as pro-lust,” Billy Joel said. The object of Joel’s affections was one Virginia Callahan, an unrequited crush from his high school days in Levittown, Long Island. In 1999, the piano man reminisced, “One of the first gigs I […]