All posts on 2014

CHRISTINE ALBERT Everything’s Beautiful Now MoonHouse Records There’s a time — and music — for Texas two-stepping and knocking back cold longnecks in Texas dance …

DIRTY RIVER BOYS Dirty River Boys DRB Music From the very first notes, it’s clear that the self-titled release from El Paso’s Dirty River Boys …

Reunited Skunks Jon Dee Graham and Jesse Sublett recall their Cheatham Street days By Brian T. Atkinson (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Legendary …

RYAN ADAMS Ryan Adams Pax Am/Blue Note Being a Ryan Adams fan traditionally has not been for the faint of heart. For every “When the …

By Rob Patterson (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) One feels just a twinge of guilt to say there is an upside to the …

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Single Mothers Vagrant Records After the old-time country stylings of his 2008 debut, The Good Life, Justin Townes Earle has diverged from …

LEE ANN WOMACK The Way I’m Livin’ Sugar Hill Given the freedom to finally make exactly the record she wanted to make after years of …

GARY CLARK JR. Live Warner Bros Blues fans can be a demanding bunch. Each time promising players emerge, they’re expected to document their authenticity. Show …

Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson among big winners at AMA Awards By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Fifteen years after the gathering …

For a band whose name derives from the voice procedure term for “will comply,” Wilco has been at its best when dealing with conflict: Jeff …