By Holly Gleason Kacey Musgraves knows the value of family. At the 50th Anniversary of the Academy of Country Music Awards telecast from AT+T Texas …
By Holly Gleason “James Baldwin always said there’s this love versus safety thing. Everybody wants love, but they go for safety,” muses Patty Griffin, knee …
DAVE ALVIN AND PHIL ALVIN Lost Time Yep Roc In some ways, Lost Time could serve as the prequel to the Blasters, the iconic blues-driven …
The hardcore troubadour talks Terraplane blues By Holly Gleason Steve Earle, like everyone it seems at “The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star …
By Holly Gleason “Romantic, lustful, silly … at times spiritual, even depressing,” Raul Malo, the Cuban-American frontman of the Mavericks, is ticking off the many …
By Holly Gleason (LSM Jan/Feb 2015/vol 8 – issue 1) A lot has happened to Stoney LaRue since the August 2011 release of Velvet, the …
By Holly Gleason (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Sunny Sweeney can recall with vivid, multi- sensual clarity her very first musical moment of …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “There was this article… What was the title?” muses Eleanor Whitmore, the crimson mermaid-tressed and …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) Legend has always cloaked Billy Joe Shaver: As an 8-year-old living with his grandmother, singing …
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “That’s not anywhere in the So You Want to Be a Country Singer Handbook,” Miranda …
