Eva Cassidy was a magnificent vocalist and an accomplished guitarist. Here's my cover of Eva's "Songbird." This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidgittlin.net/2023/04/30/songbird/
It started out as a poem. Then it turned into a song. Then it became a background song for the movie “Beaches.” After various...
Many of Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ songs convey underlying messages about childhood and the relationships between children and adults, such as ‘Father & Son’ and ‘Oh...
Townes Van Zandt’s life touched mine only tangentially until recently. I first heard of Van Zandt through Nanci Griffith’s cover of his song “Tecumseh...
