Some songs make you want to be a better songwriter, but only one has held my hand though a time when I needed a lifeline. On tour, in the studio, and online, people often ask me about my favorite songs of all time. Classics from Tracy Chapman and John Prine ring joyfully in my memory, and, as the legend goes, Dolly Parton or Stevie Nicks wrote some of t…
Nowhereland Weekly with August Ponthier · Aug 4, 2025
The Song That Taught Me How to Grieve
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Note: This essay contains discussion of accidental death and grief.

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