By j. poet Dale Watson loves real roots music, especially old time, hard-core honky-tonk rockers and ballads that tug your heartstrings hard enough to make …
By Holly Gleason I was wearing brand new Prada velvet Mary Janes, with saddle leather straps, and a big velvet, men’s cut shirt from back …
Denton-reared, Austin-based singer-songwriter/bassist Bonnie Whitmore — accompanied by drummer Craig Bagby and guitarist Harley Husbands — visited Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, …
By Kelly Dearmore It’s been 15 years since the release of the Drive-By Truckers breakthrough fourth album, Southern Rock Opera. More than “just” an ambitious …
DALE WATSON Under the Influence Red River Austin honky-tonker Dale Watson has always been outspoken about the artists he admires, so it’s really no surprise …
By Richard Skanse When Ray Wylie Hubbard was invited to last month’s Desert Trip festival in Indio, California, he responded with a polite but resolute …
By Richard Skanse Three days after Savannah Welch was airlifted to an Austin hospital following a serious accident in Wimberley, the family of the Texas singer-songwriter and …
By Thomas D. Mooney Years back, Texas music pioneer Doug Sahm told Kevin Russell — a pioneering voice in his own right — that there …
By Richard Skanse Although it wasn’t quite on the same scale as the star-studded birthday salute held in Guy Clark’s honor five years ago at the Long …
By Lynne Margolis The inner sleeve of Shovels & Rope’s Busted Jukebox Volume 1 album, which they somehow sandwiched between 2014’s Swimmin’ Time and their …
