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WILLIE NELSON Last Man Standing Legacy Recordings In an industry where even successful musicians seem reluctant to dole out too much product — there’s just not …

JOHN PRINE The Tree of Forgiveness Oh Boy Records One of the then-young songwriters that got tagged with the “next Bob Dylan!” hype in the …

GARRETT T. CAPPS In the Shadows (Again) Shotgun House Records Sometimes the low-fi days of alternative country seem like a distant memory, eroded by at …

RED SHAHAN Culberson County 7013 Records/Thirty Tigers One of the brightest alt-country debuts in recent years, Red Shahan’s 2015 release Men & Coyotes was a …

COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS May Your Kindness Remain Fat Possum/Mama Bird Recording Co. With a voice as pure and expressive as Judy Collins and a pen …

JOSH GRIDER Good People Boot Strap Records Singer-songwriter Josh Grider has had a foothold on the Texas independent music scene for years, a reliable if …

EMILY HERRING Gliding Eight 30 Records Choosing to be an alt-country artist is a tenuous career prospect at best. For every Jason Isbell or Lucinda …

COURTNEY PATTON What It’s Like to Fly Alone www.courtneypatton.com For all the ways in which mainstream country music and its more indie-minded alternatives compare, contrast, …

MIKE AND THE MOONPIES Steak Night at the Prairie Rose www.themoonpies.com In a scene arguably most heavily influenced by heartland rock and lyrically-driven folk, real-deal honky-tonk …

WADE BOWEN Solid Ground Thirty Tigers Few artists carry the torch for the modern Texas version of independent country music as reliably and enthusiastically as …