Cody Canada gets his own street party Departed frontman crowned city “prince” at Lone Star Music celebration
By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) “This is going to keep me out of jail, isn’t it?” That was Cody Canada’s …
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Various Artists: “This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark”
VARIOUS ARTISTS This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark Icehouse Music Tribute albums usually fall into one of two categories. The more dubious …
Jason Boland & The Stragglers: “Rancho Alto”
JASON BOLAND & THE STRAGGLERS Ranch Alto APEX Nashville/Proud Souls Ent/30 Tigers Springing out of Stillwater right around the same time as fellow Okie heavyweights …
Reckless Kelly takes a spin Willy Braun talks "Good Luck & True Love"
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) After three releases on indie label Sugar Hill and two on Yep Roc, Reckless Kelly …
Heartworn Highways: Enlightenment, endarkenment, resurrection and redneck mother love
By Judy Hubbard (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) It’s 6:30 a.m. on July 30, 2011, somewhere in Massachusetts, and I can’t sleep, wondering …
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 …
Q&A: Miranda Lambert The unrepentant Texas maverick of mainstream country chases her breakthrough Revolution album with a double-barrel blast of new music — and a brand new band, to boot.
By Holly Gleason (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Miranda Lambert has never been particularly interested in how other people did it. Sure, she first came …
Sin City Social Club: Nashville Skyline
How Music City charmed my Americana heart By Shilah Morrow (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Like so many in our community, I’m sitting here …
After Awhile: LSM Sept/Oct 2011 (Robert Earl Keen)
Notes From the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) I wish I could say, like Gruene Hall talent booker Tracie …
LSM Cover Story: Robert Earl Keen Don’t Fence Me In: Trail-blazing, band-leading Robert Earl Keen never asked to be the king of the Texas music hill or even a household name. From "No Kinda Dancer" to "Ready for Confetti," he’s always dreamed of a bigger piece of sky.
By Richard Skanse (LSM Sept/Oct 2011/vol. 4 – Issue 5) Are you a hat, or a Robert Earl Keen? According to Rich Brotherton, that was …
