LSM Playlist: Texas Country 101 15 landmark albums that helped launch the modern Texas/Red Dirt music scene
By Mike Ethan Messick The early to mid-1990s were a time of recalibration and resurgence for what it meant to be a Texas musician. Outlaw …
By Mike Ethan Messick The early to mid-1990s were a time of recalibration and resurgence for what it meant to be a Texas musician. Outlaw …
WILLIAM CLARK GREEN Ringling Road Thirty Tigers There’s not a lot of people who’ve had a better last-couple-of-years than William Clark Green. Tom Brady, maybe, …
RANDY ROGERS & WADE BOWEN Hold My Beer, Vol. 1 www.RandyandWade.com Long established among the top-drawing tier of independent country artists, in Texas or elsewhere, …
BLUE WATER HIGHWAY BAND Things We Carry www.BlueWaterHighwayBand.com With a band name that sounds cooked up by an Americana band-naming app and a sound that …
HALEY COLE Illusions www.Haley-Cole.com Even in the shadow of the progressive/eclectic Austin-area music scene, it can be hard for a young artist with an acoustic …
JOE TEICHMAN Backburner Tremolo Joe Music It’s hard to spot a breakout artist in the crowded field of modern young country-folk artists — it’s a …
HAL KETCHUM I’m the Troubadour Music Road Records Having gotten through a bout of mainstream stardom back in the early ’90s — and a long run …
CHRIS CARROLL Trouble & Time Gypsy Shuffler Music A Canadian ex-pat who recently brought her muse to the Texas Hill Country, Chris Carroll is already …
ROGER CREAGER Road Show Fun All Wrong Records Back in the late ’90s, Roger Creager was firmly amongst the wedge of young artists like Pat …
DREW KENNEDY Sad Songs Happily Played Atlas Aurora On the short list of live albums recorded without the artist’s knowledge, Drew Kennedy’s Sad Songs Happily …