In Profile: Mike Ryan Teaming-up to grow-up with Bad Reputation
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Mike Ryan is not, strictly speaking, a “newcomer” on the Texas country scene. The San …
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Q&A: Billy Joe Shaver “Long in the tooth” but strong as ever, the unstoppable and seemingly indestructible old chunk of coal talks love, loss, and faith.
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) Legend has always cloaked Billy Joe Shaver: As an 8-year-old living with his grandmother, singing …
Radney Foster on “Everything” A songwriter’s songwriter tangos with his muse
By Lynne Margolis (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) Radney Foster’s new album, Everything I Should Have Said, opens with a sinister tune about a …
LSM Cover Story: Robert Ellis Wayward Son: How Houston kid Robert Ellis jumped the honky-tonk track and found his own way to the light.
By Andrew Dansby (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Sitting outside Houston’s SugarHill Recording Studios, Robert Ellis looks weary … His eyes are dark and his …
LSM Cover Story: Steve Earle Steve Earle's Low Highway: With hard times in the new millennium, it takes a fearless heart to sing the truth.
By Holly Gleason (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) It’s a late afternoon in the Big Apple, the tail end of a particularly …
Q&A: Kris Kristofferson Feeling mortal — but full of gratitude — the Rhodes scholar outlaw troubadour looks back on a life of song and bold decisions while embracing his present state of grace.
By Scott Schinder (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) At 76, Kris Kristofferson is currently making some of the best music of his career. The …
David Ducharme-Jones: “A Loud Guitar”
DAVID DUCHARME-JONES A Loud Guitar Blissed Out Productions David Ducharme-Jones plays a mighty fine loud guitar. But it’s much more than the decibels emanating from …
Foster & Lloyd, together again Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd reunite for first album together in 20 years
By Brian T. Atkinson (LSM March/April 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 2) The potent songwriting duo of Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd deftly skirted Nashville’s fringes …
Mr. Record Man: Waylon Jennings
By Eric Hisaw (LSM Oct/Nov 2010/vol. 3 – issue 6) Waylon Jennings took on the country music establishment armed with a leather-covered Telecaster, a bag …
Q&A: Radney Foster
By Rob Patterson April 2006 It’s almost ironic to think of Radney Foster as a musical veteran even after close to 20 years of making …
