Stoney LaRue: “Velvet”
STONEY LARUE Velvet Smith Entertainment Stoney LaRue arrived on the crest of the last decade’s Red Dirt music wave and found himself an icon after …
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The Greencards: “The Brick Album”
THE GREENCARDS The Brick Album Darling Street Records After three releases on Dualtone Records and one on Sugar Hill, the Australia-to-Austin-to-Nashville migrants the Greencards funded …
Gary Nicholson: “Texas Songbook”
GARY NICHOLSON Texas Songbook Bismeaux Records Gary Nicholson’s long career has yielded many hits and high points, including producing two Grammy-winning albums for fellow Fort …
Robyn Ludwick: “Out of These Blues”
ROBYN LUDWICK Out of These Blues www.robynludwick.com Yes, Robyn Ludwick has famous Americana-ish brothers and/or sisters-in-law (Is a sister-in-law who’s an ex to a brother …
Eric Hisaw: “Ghost Stories”
ERIC HISAW Ghost Stories www.erichisaw.com Austin’s Eric Hisaw (originally from Las Cruces, N.M.) has knocked out a handful of solid roots-rock releases over the last …
Churchwood: “Churchwood”
CHURCHWOOD Churchwood Saustex Media Dense and nasty, literate and mean, Austin’s Churchwood sounds like Captain Beefheart trying to cut Tom Waits’ throat with a rusty …
Matt the Electrician: “Accidental Thief”
MATT THE ELECTRICIAN Accidental Thief www.matttheelectrician.com For dedicated fans of songwriter’s songwriter Paul Simon, Christmas came early this year with the release of the man’s …
The Krayolas: “Tipsy Topsy Turvy”
THE KRAYOLAS Tipsy Topsy Turvy BOX Records If albums had thesis statements, “I ain’t no Cantinflas, baby, I ain’t no matador/I’m a genuine Mexified San …
BettySoo and Doug Cox: “Across the Borderline: Lie to Me”
BETTYSOO AND DOUG COX Across the Borderline: Lie to Me www.acrosstheborderline.org Spring, Texas, native BettySoo is one of the finest young folk singer-songwriters to emerge …
Rod Picott: “Welding Burns”
ROD PICOTT Welding Burns www.rodpicott.com In the simple but highly effective video for his song “Little Scar,” Rod Picott — accompanied only by his acoustic …
