Album Reviews

CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED 3 Underground Sound Confusing as it may seem for Cody Canada & the Departed to have titled their fifth release …

JIMMY LAFAVE Peace Town Music Road Records Beloved Austin music veteran Jimmy LaFave lost his battle to cancer back in May of 2017, but his …

PAUL THORN Don’t Let the Devil Ride Perpetual Obscurity Records Considering that the lord and the devil are two of Paul Thorn’s favorite subjects, and …

AMERICAN AQUARIUM Things Change New West Records Raleigh, North Carolina songwriter and American Aquarium frontman BJ Barham started finding his way around a gritty folk-rock …

JESSE DAYTON The Outsider Blue Elan Records If Robert Earl Keen can be considered as sort of the father of the modern Texas Americana scene, then …

BRANDY ZDAN Secretear Tallest Man Records A songwriter/guitarist who’s glanced off the Texas Americana scene with a tangent or two (touring with the Trishas, recording …

MANDY ROWDEN When That Day Comes Howlin’ Dog Records Sometimes a twang runs so deep that it sounds as if it might extend not just …

GREAT AMERICAN BOXCAR CHORUS The Violets & the Blues www.benmorrislive.com Texas country-rock acts that crow about how eclectic or edgy they are could often learn …

JOSH WARD More Than I Deserve Josh Ward Music A Texas honky-tonk stalwart for well over a decade now, Josh Ward stuck to his guns …

WILLY McGEE You Gonna Eat That? www.willymcgee.com It’s not surprising that Austin’s Willy McGee is also into filmmaking and comedy; as his latest record gets …