By Richard Skanse When Austin’s Mobley delivered his dazzling one-man-band performance right before intermission at Saturday night’s Black Fret Black Ball, the prodigiously talented, multi-threat musician …
By Richard Skanse “Do you want to see how fast I can go?” It’s a week before Thanksgiving, and Savannah Welch is showing off her …
Editor’s Note: LoneStarMusicMagazine.com is proud to feature the following excerpt from the new book, “Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few,” by San Marcos, Texas author …
By Lynne Margolis From Austin and Australia to the Ozarks and Nashville (twice). And vice-versa. That’s the circuitous route several musicians found themselves traveling with …
By Mike Ethan Messick There are plenty of reasons to like Drew Kennedy. For starters, there’s the way his music bridges the gap between Texas …
Turnpike Troubadours A Long Way From Your Heart Bossier City Records The Turnpike Troubadours have been on a long, steady climb from humble Oklahoma bar-band …
By Mike Ethan Messick Sometimes bands and artists treat their debut projects — justifiably or otherwise — like a bad high-school picture they can’t quite erase but …
Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives Edited by Holly Gleason The University of Texas Press By Richard Skanse …
By Nichole Wagner “What would Willie do?” That was the question actor Matthew McConaughey asked the crowd at Austin’s Frank Erwin Center near the tail-end …
By Richard Skanse Granbury, Texas-based singer-songwriter Mike Ryan’s country music career had already been progressing at a respectable, slow-and-steady-wins-the-regional-race pace in the four years between …
