John Evans: “Polyester”
JOHN EVANS Polyester Splice Records Veteran Houston-bred, Austin-based musician John Evans may not be one of Texas music’s best-known names, but despite his eclectic style …
JOHN EVANS Polyester Splice Records Veteran Houston-bred, Austin-based musician John Evans may not be one of Texas music’s best-known names, but despite his eclectic style …
SHAD BLAIR Sawdust www.shadblair.com Gifted but obscure, Shad Blair has been knocking around the Austin-area country-folk talent pool for at least a decade, honing a …
QUAKER CITY NIGHT HAWKS El Astronauta Lightning Rod Records If you can count yourself amongst the early adopters who recognized something special in Quaker City …
RANDY ROGERS & WADE BOWEN Watch This Lil’ Buddy Toons From Willie and Waylon to Jack, Charlie and Pat, every generation of Texas country music has …
ROBERT ELLIS Robert Ellis New West From the first sparkling moments of “Perfect Strangers,” it’s apparent that Robert Ellis has found a more pop-forward take …
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS Diamonds & Gasoline Thirty Tigers/Onward Music (2010) Whether you’re talking about the Grammys themselves or some Saturday battle-of-the-bands at the dive bar down …
RANDY ROGERS BAND Rollercoaster Smith Entertainment (2004) If you’re a band or artist striving to make your mark, every new album is a chance to …
Bonnie Bishop Ain’t Who I Was Thirty Tigers It can be difficult knowing which albums are truly “Americana” these days. Whereas your more basic established …
GUY CLARK Dublin Blues Asylum/Elektra (1995); Dualtone (2016 vinyl reissue) Guy Clark passed from this world in the early morning hours of May 17, 2016. …
MARGO PRICE Midwest Farmer’s Daughter Third Man Records Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, the auspicious debut (on Jack White’s Third Man Records) from Illinois native and current …