By Richard Skanse Rachel Laven will be playing things a bit rogue during her first-ever trip to the Americana Music Festival & Conference next week …
By Lynne Margolis Country star Miranda Lambert has canceled the three Texas dates of her Keeper of the Flame tour due to vocal problems, promoter …
By j. poet “Since I graduated from college, I’ve developed a deeper awareness of what a song can be and a stronger sense of where …
By Holly Gleason “My definition of country music is — in so many words — sheer beauty delivered with ugly honesty,” begins Maren Morris, trying …
Bonnie Bishop Ain’t Who I Was Thirty Tigers It can be difficult knowing which albums are truly “Americana” these days. Whereas your more basic established …
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 …
By Michael Corcoran Owner Don Robey had the muscle and the money, but business manager Evelyn Johnson was the brains and the backbone behind the …
On Sunday, Jan. 31 at Austin’s Strange Brew, Kelly Willis and a reunited Radio Ranch (guitarist David Murray, drummer Mas Palermo, bassist Brad Fordham, and steel-guitarist …
By Holly Gleason Kacey Musgraves knows the value of family. At the 50th Anniversary of the Academy of Country Music Awards telecast from AT+T Texas …
By Richard Skanse Although Terri Hendrix averaged an album a year for the first 14 years of her recording career, in the half decade since …
