Michael Martin Murphey’s cowboy Christmas rhapsody Bass Hall, Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 21, 2015
For the 18th year in a row, legendary singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey visited the regal confines of Bass Hall in Fort Worth for his annual …
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December 8, 2015 Terri Hendrix announces first of five new releases set for 2016 New album "Love You Strong," due Feb. 5, to be followed by three more albums and a book in Texas songwriter's sweeping "Project 5"
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December 6, 2015 Shining a different way Patty Griffin embraces the beauty of risk on "Servant of Love"
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November 23, 2015 LSM Song Premiere: Bill Whitbeck’s “The End of the Bar” Song pays tribute to the late Kent Finlay and his beloved Cheatham Street Warehouse
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November 23, 2015 Dixie Chicks ready to run (again) 42-date North American headlining tour, trio's first in a decade, begins summer 2016
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November 17, 2015 Book Review: “a life … well, lived” By Ray Wylie Hubbard with Thom Jurek
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Michael Corcoran’s “If I Had My Way” The Monster work of Mack McCormick
By Michael Corcoran Put all the information in a book, or books, that we all can own. All the pertinent research notes, typed and single-spaced, …
Sterling Finlay’s “A Very Sterling Christmas Volume 2” A gift of thanks from a young Texas artist to the family, friends and community that helped him through a very trying 2015
You would not wish Sterling Finlay’s year on your worst enemy, let alone on one of the gentlest, kindest souls in Texas. In the span …
Okkervil River’s Will Sheff’s solo serenade to “Black Sheep Boy” Cactus Cafe, Austin, Texas, Dec., 12, 2015
If it wasn’t immediately apparent from the 100-deep line of folks outside of Austin’s famed Cactus Cafe, it was established early on that last Saturday’s Will Sheff …
True Heroes of Texas Music: Tom Wilson A chapter from Michael Corcoran’s upcoming revised version of "All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music"
Tom Wilson: A record producer is a psychoanalyst with rhythm By Michael Corcoran Rick Rubin is known as a producer who gets the best from …
Kacey Musgraves: So much more than “Pageant Material” Everywhere she goes, the “Dimestore Cowgirl” brings it all back home
By Holly Gleason Kacey Musgraves knows the value of family. At the 50th Anniversary of the Academy of Country Music Awards telecast from AT+T Texas …
Turnpike Troubadours: “Turnpike Troubadours”
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS Turnpike Troubadours Bossier City Records Oklahoma’s Turnpike Troubadours have been on a fierce trajectory to the top of the Red Dirt music scene …
John Moreland: “High on Tulsa Heat”
JOHN MORELAND High on Tulsa Heat Thirty Tigers/Old Omens There’s a reasonable saying that when the addiction goes, the addict remains. John Moreland’s latest, High …
Pake Rossi: “Twisted in the Vine”
PAKE ROSSI Twisted in the Vine www.pakerossi.com Originally from Hebbronville in South Texas, Pake Rossi has spent a good chunk of the last seven years …
