Suzanne Vega: Five Essential Xmas Songs
December 18, 2023|Kara Manning
Aligning with her City Winery holiday shows, Suzanne chooses her faves.
Yola: Five Essential Dan Auerbach Songs
May 14, 2019|Kara Manning
She trusted him to deliver her songs. It worked.
Kermit Ruffins: Five Essential New Orleans Songs
April 25, 2019|Kara Manning
Beloved New Orleans trumpeter and singer Kermit Ruffins teaches and preaches the gospel of the city's music — and he picked...
Tank and the Bangas: Five Essential New Orleans Songs
April 25, 2019|Kara Manning
As joyful ambassadors of the city's resurrection and revival
Lucy Wainwright Roche: Five Essential Indigo Girls Songs
March 26, 2019|Kara Manning
Songs she loves, written by her friends and inspirations.
Patty Griffin: Five Essential Rickie Lee Jones Songs
February 28, 2019|Kara Manning
From one "serious badass" to another.
Courtney Marie Andrews: Five Essential Dolly Parton Songs
February 08, 2019|Kara Manning
From one great country songwriter to another.
Dawes: Five Essential Warren Zevon Songs
January 24, 2019|Kara Manning
Goldsmith cites Zevon's bold lyrical risks.
Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner: Five Essential Björk Songs
November 21, 2018|Kara Manning
"Discovering the music of Björk when I was a teenager changed the course of my life."
Shannon Shaw: Five Essential John Prine Songs
November 15, 2018|Kara Manning
With a keen love for the effortless twists of his observant lyricism.