A Song For You is a music storytelling series built on one simple question: What song has left an indelible mark on your life? Each post is co-written alongside a guest author about one song of their choice, and culminates with a performance or recording.
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Sierra Hull on "Church Street Blues" by Tony Rice
Welcome to A Song For You — a series of conversations with artists, writers, and music lovers about one song that holds a special meaning to them. Together we explore the story behind the music, hear a personal reflection from our guest, an...
Mountain Jam by the Allman Brothers
Welcome to A Song For You — a series of conversations with artists, writers, and music lovers about one song that holds a special meaning to them. Together we explore the story behind the music, the personal reflection from our guest, and a...
David Pogue on "Company" by Stephen Sondheim
Welcome to A Song For You — a series of conversations with artists, writers, and music lovers about one song that holds a special meaning to them. Together we explore the story behind the music, the personal reflection from our guest, and a...
Songs with a Name in the Title: Brandy / The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
What’s your favorite song with a name in the title?
I asked the people of Substack to share theirs, and more than 150 songs were submitted.
Unsurprisingly, you all have tremendous music taste. I compiled every one of them into a playlist...
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live By Blind Alfred Reed
Welcome back to A Song For You — a series of conversations with artists, writers, and music lovers about one song that holds a special meaning to them.
Each post dives into one song that has changed how our guest sees the world through thr...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
A Song For You is a music storytelling series that dives into the stories behind the songs that shape our lives
I play drums.
3 x NYT best-selling author: Brothers & Sisters, One Way Out & Texas Flood; Big in China; Friends of the Brothers band.
Conversation from the crossroads of Southern music, history, and culture from historian Bob Beatty, author of Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East. All content fair use. No endorsement/affiliation with the Allman Brothers.
Seeking resonance.
healed-ish. witty on a deadline. romantic realist. essays with mascara smudges.
Battling budget deficit attention disorder since the 1900s
Australian-born, Nashville-residing singer/songwriter documenting dreams, schemes and other enthusiasms on Substack…
David Pogue is a 7-time Emmy-winning correspondent for "CBS Sunday Morning." He’s a NY Times bestselling author, a five-time TED speaker, and host of 20 NOVA science specials on PBS. From 2000 to 2013, he was The New York Times weekly tech columnist.
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