Sam Riggs: “Breathless”
SAM RIGGS Breathless Deep Creek Records A young artist caught up in an enviable career trajectory after a few years of toughing it out in …
SAM RIGGS Breathless Deep Creek Records A young artist caught up in an enviable career trajectory after a few years of toughing it out in …
LYLE LOVETT Joshua Judges Ruth Curb (1992) The 1970s wave of “outlaw” country musicians were revolutionary in a ruggedly coherent sort of way: Willie, Waylon, …
By Mike Ethan Messick In the crowded field of independent Texan talents seeking to write, perform, and sell their own distinct takes on modern country …
By Mike Ethan Messick Austin singer-songwriter Chris King has kicked up a not-insignificant amount of dust over the past couple of years, ascending from erstwhile …
WILLIE NELSON Tougher Than Leather Columbia (1983) Blessed with a long life, an enduring and distinctly offbeat charisma, and more natural talent than any one …
THE BOTTLE ROCKETS South Broadway Athletic Club Bloodshot Records South Broadway Athletic Club sounds like an odd title for a musical endeavor until you think …
By Mike Ethan Messick The best-known branches of roots music — country, blues, folk — are touted in most circles for their relatability, tuned into …
TINA MITCHELL WILKINS Moonflowers www.tinamitchellwilkins.com Best-known in her adopted home of Texas for frequently accompanying her venerated singer-songwriter husband Walt Wilkins on record and onstage, …
LEW CARD Follow Me Down MRC Veteran Austin sideman Lew Card has spent a good chunk of this decade exploring what it’d sound like to …
MAX STALLING Banquet Blind Nello Records Max Stalling has always sounded like he was born with an old soul, wry and calm and melancholy, a …