Deborah L. Jacobs
Feeling the Beat: How Cher Made ‘I Have Got the Music in Me’ Come Alive on Stage
Cher walked onto the stage and the room lit up. The lights were warm as she started singing “I Have ...
Cher’s 1975 Performance of ‘How Long Has This Been Going On?’: A Secret Shared Through Song
Cher walked onto the stage in 1975 and everyone looked at her. The lights were soft as she started to ...
Robin Gibb’s 1989 ‘I Started a Joke’: A Voice That Turned Sadness Into Something You Could Feel
Sometimes a single voice can make the air feel heavy and light at the same time. In 1989, Robin Gibb ...
Barry Gibb Ignites the Rain: A Heartfelt Take on ‘I’m On Fire’ That Feels Like Memory
There are moments when a song feels almost too close, like it was written for the very air you are ...
The Night Barry Gibb Brought Spirits Having Flown to Life
There are nights when music feels stronger than the weather. That is what happened in Wantagh, New York in 2014 ...
When Alabama Sang ‘My Home’s In Alabama,’ It Felt Less Like a Concert and More Like Coming Home
There are songs that do not just play, they live in the people who sing them. When Alabama stepped on ...
When Alabama Sang ‘Tennessee River’ at Fandemonium 2022, the Crowd Felt Carried Back Home
There are songs that feel like they have lived inside people for decades, waiting to be sung again under an ...
Alabama’s ‘High Cotton’ in Fort Payne: A Live Performance That Felt Like Coming Home
There are songs that carry the smell of earth after rain and the sound of evenings when people sit outside ...
Randy Travis Comes Home: A One Night Return to the Ryman and the Song ‘Horse Called Music’
It is not every day that a legend steps back onto the stage where history lives. When Randy Travis announced ...
When Randy Travis Made Faith Feel Alive: The Power of ‘Turn Your Radio On’ at Calvary Assembly
There are nights when music does more than entertain. It shakes the walls, lifts the room, and feels like it ...