All posts on 2019

HAYES CARLL What It Is Dualtone Hayes Carll has pulled off one of the nimblest balancing acts in modern music, especially on the country/roots side …

By Richard Skanse The Hayes Carll pictured on the cover of his new album, What It Is, looks every minute of the eight years he’s …

DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE Downey to Lubbock Yep Roc Effective as they may be for publicity, ticket sales, and award nominations, duo collaborations …

AMANDA SHIRES To the Sunset Silver Knife Records Now this is more like it. As lovely as it admittedly was, Amanda Shires’ last album, My …

JAIMEE HARRIS Red Rescue www.jaimeeharris.com Jaimee Harris’ name has showed up so many times in the music pages of the Austin Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman …

JAMIE LIN WILSON Jumping Over Rocks www.jamielinwilson.com The most striking thing about Jamie Lin Wilson’s Jumping Over Rocks isn’t just the fact that her cover …

KACEY MUSGRAVES Golden Hour MCA Nashville After a game attempt at a game-changing mainstream country career, Kacey Musgraves and the Nashville establishment seem to have …

MIKE FARRIS Silver & Stone Compass Records Mike Farris’ last album, Shine for All the People, earned him a 2015 Grammy for Best Gospel Roots Album. …

JASON EADY I Travel On Old Guitar Records Since 2013’s AM Country Heaven kicked down a lot of doors for him as not just a …

NICHOLE WAGNER And the Sky Caught Fire Star Catcher Music An Austin songwriter (originally from Colorado) gifted with sly charm that rolls off her voice …