Venue Spotlight: Rio Brazos Music Hall
By Laurie Barker-James (LSM Jan/Feb 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 1) Rio Brazos Music Hall 6611 Glen Rose Highway, Granbury, Texas 817-579-0808 / www.riobrazoslive.com Rio Brazos …
No stopping No Justice As one great Stillwater band rides into the sunset, another comes into its own.
By Laurie Barker James (LSM Jan/Feb 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 1) Ask Steve Rice of No Justice to define the music his band makes, and …
Bridging the Great Divide Seminal Red Dirt band reunites for Stillwater show
By Laurie Barker James (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Before Jason Boland and the Stragglers, before Stoney LaRue and Brandon Jenkins, and before …
Jason Boland & The Stragglers: “Rancho Alto”
JASON BOLAND & THE STRAGGLERS Ranch Alto APEX Nashville/Proud Souls Ent/30 Tigers Springing out of Stillwater right around the same time as fellow Okie heavyweights …
Turnpike Troubadours: On a roll and bound for glory Oklahoma's hottest rising Americana act regroups with Mike McClure to record follow-up to their 2010 breakthrough, "Diamonds & Gasoline"
By Laurie Barker James (LSM July/Aug 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 4) To some, the Turnpike Troubadours seemed to come blazing out of nowhere to win …
A birthday for Billy Bob’s Texas
The biggest honky-tonk in Texas (and the world) celebrates the big 3-0. By Laurie Barker James (LSM May/June 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 3) If there’s …
Super Bowl Shuffle, Texas Style
By Laurie Barker James (LSM March/April 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 2) In case you missed it, Super Bowl XLV exploded all over North Texas in …
Q&A: Bleu Edmondson With a new album, band and big league booking agency behind him, the man in the cap goes back to “The Future.”
By Laurie Barker James (LSM Jan/Feb 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 1) It’s been three years, and maybe 100,000 miles, between Bleu Edmondson’s last studio release, …
In Profile: Josh Abbott Band From “Taste” to “She’s Like Texas,” Josh Abbott’s rise has been a whirlwind
By Laurie Barker James (LSM Oct/Nov 2010/vol. 3 – issue 6) It would be tempting to call West Texas singer-songwriter Josh Abbott a copy of …
George Ducas: “Volume Up, Windows Down”
GEORGE DUCAS Volume Up, Windows Down Propel Records Houston-bred singer-songwriter George Ducas has a string of co-written hits for the likes of Radney Foster ( …
