By Richard Skanse One of the coolest things about having a brick-and-mortar record store (Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, Texas) as part …
By Richard Skanse Out of all the songwriters and country stars to have launched their careers out of Cheatham Street Warehouse, perhaps no artist has …
The Band/Various Artists The Last Waltz (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Rhino/Warner Bros. The Band’s star-studded 1976 farewell concert is a pivotal event in multiple respects. …
MIRANDA LAMBERT The Weight of These Wings Vanner Records/RCA Nashville “Happiness ain’t prison/ But there’s freedom in a broken heart…” laments seven-time and recently deposed …
LoneStarMusicMagazine.com wants to know: What were YOUR favorite Americana, Texas, and/or Red Dirt music albums of the year? We’ve taken the liberty of rounding up …
By Richard Skanse If you were to somehow stumble upon Terry Allen’s Road Angel unawares in the dead of night, odds are it’d scare the …
By Richard Skanse As frightfully prolific as the Gourds were over the course of their nearly two-decade run, Kevin Russell seems to be well on his way …
By Richard Skanse “It’s not going to be perfect, but it’s going to be fun as hell …” That’s how Amanda Shires introduced — but …
GUS SAMUELSON AND SINNER MAN Bottomland www.biggusandswampadelic.com Over a long and varied career, D/FW singer-songwriter Gus Samuelson has come at the music business from various angles: …
JEREMY PLATO & THE DEPARTED In Retrospect Underground Sound As a steadfast member of turn-of-the-century country-rock phenoms Cross Canadian Ragweed, bassist Jeremy Plato held down …
