Q&A: Randall King Lubbock honky-tonker aims for Strait country bull's eye with "Another Bullet"
By Thomas D. Mooney Lubbock singer-songwriter Randall King is a revivalist of sorts. While many songwriters in the state are pushing Texas Music off in …
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January 31, 2017 Q&A: Tift Merritt The North Carolina songwriter on moving forward, coming home, working with Sam Beam and His Golden Messenger, and writing "Stitch of the World"
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December 2, 2016 Q&A: Jeremy Plato of the Departed With the new country covers album “In Retrospect,” the Red Dirt bassist steps into the frontman spotlight
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November 16, 2016 Q&A: Robert Earl Keen The king of the Texas-Americana music hill talks about his new double-album “Live Dinner Reunion,” his love of bluegrass and bubbly pilsners, and his current obsession with crafting the perfect 90-second song.
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November 4, 2016 Q&A: Zac Wilkerson The Amarillo singer talks about working with Walt Wilkins, revisiting the songs of his youth and dealing with grief on “Dustbowl Soul.”
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October 31, 2016 Q&A: Shovels & Rope The South Carolina duo discusses parenthood, loss, love and "Little Seeds"
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Q&A: Ryan Beaver How three years of due diligence in Nashville — and a little chip on his shoulder — put the Texas songwriter back on his game
By Chris Mosser Funny how life is: At the point you feel the lowest — like life has smacked you down and is now pouring …
Q&A: Matt Martindale of Cooder Graw With the return of this much-loved (and missed) Amarillo band, the Texas country scene just might get loud again
By Mike Ethan Messick Recent converts to the independent Texas country-rock movement might not know this, but for a stretch in the late ‘90s going …
Q&A: Hayes Carll talks “Lovers and Leavers” How the acclaimed Texas troubadour learned to stop worrying about pulling punchlines and learned to love the terrifying process of getting real
By Holly Gleason It’s been five years since Hayes Carll put out a record, but it feels more like a decade. For the jokester/heart-tugging troubadour, …
Monte Warden’s modern sounds in traditional pop music The Wagoneers frontman takes a swing at crooning a brand new tune (bunches of ’em) with new residency at Austin’s Continental Club Gallery
By Richard Skanse Country music has done right by Monte Warden, and for most of his life, the Austin singer-songwriter and band leader has been …
Q&A: Dave Cobb The Grammy-winning producer on the making of "Southern Family," working with Americana A-listers Isbell, Stapleton, and Simpson, and the art of capturing magic in the moment.
By Thomas D. Mooney Over the past decade, Dave Cobb has produced critically-acclaimed — and award-winning — albums by the likes of Jason Isbell (Southeastern, …
Q&A: Lincoln Durham Mining the dark and playing with fire (and cigar-box guitars) to share his "Revelations of a Mind Unraveling"
By Kelly Dearmore Spend any time listening to Lincoln Durham’s music, and you might come to the conclusion that he’s the angriest young performing songwriter in …
Q&A: Jon Langford The journeyman alt-country maverick on the Waco Brothers’ acclaimed new album, his new outfit Bad Luck Jonathan and the thrill of having his paintings hung in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
By Scott Schinder Welsh-born, Chicago-based renaissance man Jon Langford recently wrapped a typically action-packed SXSW, during which he performed multiple sets with four different bands …
The Gospel according to Wade Bowen Texas songwriter gets spiritual on new “Then Sings My Soul … Songs for My Mother”
By Kelly Dearmore Over the last five years, Wade Bowen has become as prolific of a recording artist as Texas has seen in quite some …
Five minutes with Jamie Lin Wilson Catching up on the fly with the “Holidays & Wedding Rings” songwriter and (sometime) Trisha
By Richard Skanse When the Trishas announced that they were all taking a little hiatus from touring and recording together a couple of years back, …
