Staff Picks
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Nancy and Ann Wilson Carry ‘These Dreams’ Through Heart’s 2025 Return to Edmonton
Experience and resilience give Heart’s “These Dreams” a renewed emotional pull in this 2025 Edmonton performance. Nancy Wilson’s lead vocal…
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Brian May and Andrea Bocelli Meet Inside the Emotion of ‘Who Wants to Live Forever’
Brian May brings a warm, unmistakably personal voice to “Who Wants to Live Forever,” the Queen ballad he wrote. Sharing…
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Disturbed and Myles Kennedy Find a Powerful Harmony in ‘The Sound of Silence’
The harmony in this performance is far harder to sing than it sounds, yet Myles Kennedy makes it feel natural.…
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Adam Lambert’s ‘Who Wants to Live Forever’ Brings Queen’s Legacy to the Polar Music Prize
Adam Lambert may have delivered one of his most spellbinding performances yet. After more than a decade of bringing Queen’s…
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A Son, a Song and a Shared Memory: Dhani Harrison’s ‘Something’ Tribute
Ever wondered how one familiar song can bring generations together? Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Joe Walsh honour George Harrison…
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Geezer Butler’s ‘War Pigs’ Tribute Finds a Powerful Voice in Corey Taylor
A celebration of rock history became a benefit for the next generation when Corey Taylor joined Geezer Butler for “War…
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The ‘Believe’ Tribute That Left Cher in Tears as Adam Lambert Sang
Cher’s emotional response became the heart of Adam Lambert’s Kennedy Center tribute. His orchestral version of “Believe” gave the familiar…
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Fırat Zan and the Power of a Later Prime: Why Some Men Peak After 35
Firat Zan represents a growing idea in modern masculinity: a man’s prime does not always arrive in his twenties. For…
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Dean Dillon Wrote Over 60 Hits for George Strait—But His Own Album Never Got the Recognition It Deserved
"HE WROTE 60+ SONGS FOR GEORGE STRAIT — BUT HIS OWN ALBUM NEVER GOT THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVED." In 1991,…
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Goldie Hill: The Country Pioneer Who Walked Away From Fame on Her Own Terms
SHE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO REACH NO. 1 IN COUNTRY MUSIC. THEN SHE WALKED AWAY FROM THE…
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Kitty Wells Sang the Song, But Fans Couldn’t Stop Watching Johnnie Wright
MARRIED 74 YEARS. AND JOHNNIE WRIGHT STILL LOOKED AT KITTY WELLS THE SAME WAY HE DID IN 1937. One unforgettable…
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She Wrote Songs for Reba McEntire Until One Duet Turned Helen Cornelius Into a Country Star
SHE WROTE HITS FOR REBA McENTIRE AND THE OAK RIDGE BOYS — BUT IT TOOK ONE UNEXPECTED DUET IN 1976…
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Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White: A Lifetime of Harmony, Faith, and a Gospel Performance That Means Even More Today
HE MARRIED HER IN 1981. FOUR DECADES LATER, THEY’RE STILL MAKING GOSPEL MUSIC FEEL AS NATURAL AS A FAMILY GATHERING.…
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How Tre Twitty and Tayla Lynn Brought Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn’s Legacy Back to the Opry Stage
CONWAY AND LORETTA STOPPED TOURING TOGETHER IN 1981. 44 YEARS LATER, THEIR GRANDCHILDREN BROUGHT THEIR LEGACY BACK TO THE OPRY…
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When Jean Shepard Sang “The Wonders You Perform,” Everyone in the Room Understood Why She Was a Legend
TAMMY WYNETTE TOOK THIS SONG TO #5 IN 1971. BUT WHEN JEAN SHEPARD SANG IT DECADES LATER, THE ENTIRE ROOM…
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Cole Swindell’s “Girl Dad” Completes a Journey That Began With “You Should Be Here”
13 YEARS AFTER LOSING HIS FATHER, COLE SWINDELL RETURNED TO THE SAME GRAVESITE — BUT THIS TIME, HIS STORY HAD…
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Johnnie Wright Never Took His Eyes Off Kitty Wells During This Heartwarming Performance of “Dust on the Bible”
MARRIED FOR 74 YEARS. AND EVEN AFTER ALL THAT TIME, JOHNNIE WRIGHT STILL LOOKED AT KITTY WELLS LIKE SHE WAS…
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George Jones & Tammy Wynette’s “Golden Ring” Tops Country Charts in 1976 and Redefines the Power of Storytelling
‘’One of the greatest IF NOT the greatest duets in country music history. You could tell that they still loved…
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The Animals Turned a Soul Classic Into a British Invasion Masterpiece With “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
Released in the mid-1960s, this song wasn’t just asking to be heard — it was pleading to be understood. Decades…
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The Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See” Live in 1973 Is Southern Rock at Its Absolute Best
First heard in the early 1970s, this song drifts in like a memory you didn’t plan to revisit.Even now, it…
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