By Don McLeese There are no losers here. From the start, even before I knew who the 64 slotted contenders were, my critical pick to …
By Thomas D. Mooney The ’70s and ’80s were boom times for the West Texas music scene, with songwriters and bandleaders like Joe Ely, Butch …
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 …
By Richard Skanse Anthony “Lucky” Tomblin was 58 years old by the time he released his first full-length album, 2001’s Lucky Club Music (credited to …
By Lynne Margolis Austin City Limits has enlisted Willie Nelson, Mavis Staples, Rodney Crowell, Gary Clark Jr. and Taj Mahal to perform at its third …
DIXIE CHICKS Wide Open Spaces (1998, Monument; 2016 vinyl reissue on Sony Legacy) Fly (1999, Monument; 2016 vinyl reissue on Sony Legacy) Home (2002, Open …
ADAM CARROLL South of Town Down Hole Records If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty good chance that at some point someone’s floated the notion …
By Richard Skanse “Hey, what ’cha know?” It’s 10:30 a.m., and Joe Ely, his signature West Texas greeting as cheerful as ever, is all coffee’d …
Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines performing her new song “Northern Lights” at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas on Feb. 26, 2016. …
Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines performing her song “Fifty Shades of Hey” at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas on Feb. 26, …
