Hayes Carll: “Lovers and Leavers”
HAYES CARLL Lovers and Leavers HWY 87 Records/Thirty Tigers The elevator pitch for Hayes Carll’s fifth album, as sketched out by the artist himself in …
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December 22, 2016 Welcome Home: Randy Rogers buys Cheatham Street Warehouse With purchase of historic San Marcos venue, the Texas songwriter aims to carry on the legacy of his late friend and mentor, Kent Finlay.
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December 16, 2016 Terry Allen’s car tunes With “Road Angel,” his new installation at Austin’s Laguna Gloria, the renowned songwriter and visual artist casts music, memory, and the myth of the American automobile into bronze.
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December 14, 2016 Order up! New Shinyribs platter coming soon "I Got Your Medicine," co-produced by Kevin Russell and Jimbo Mathus, due out Feb. 24, 2017
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December 14, 2016 Amanda Shires brings fire, fun and a little “Faith” back home to the Lone Star State Texas Union Theater, Austin, Texas, Dec. 9, 2016
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December 6, 2016 Nominations announced for 59th annual Grammy Awards Sturgill Simpson, Maren Morris in running for some of this year’s top honors
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Monte Warden’s modern sounds in traditional pop music The Wagoneers frontman takes a swing at crooning a brand new tune (bunches of ’em) with new residency at Austin’s Continental Club Gallery
By Richard Skanse Country music has done right by Monte Warden, and for most of his life, the Austin singer-songwriter and band leader has been …
Country music legend Merle Haggard dead at 79 From his 1962 debut single, "Skid Row," to his 2015 duo album with Willie Nelson, the Hag helped define the sound of classic country
By Richard Skanse Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard, who charted 40 top 10 singles over the course of his legendary career, passed away …
The New Offenders: “Stones to Throw” Live at Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium, San Marcos, Texas, March 29, 2016
Houston roots rockers the New Offenders performing the title track to their new album, Stones to Throw, at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, …
New Mystery Girl: “Crawl Through Your Hair!”
NEW MYSTERY GIRL Crawl Through Your Hair! Gutsy Dame/www.NewMysteryGirl.com Fourteen years ago, I wrote a review of Chrissy Flatt’s Wings of a Butterfly in which …
LSM Wants to Know … What's your favorite Dixie Chicks album?
On April 15 — the day before the kick-off of their MMXVI World Tour in Antwerp, Belgium — the Dixie Chicks’ four Sony-era albums (aka the …
Chris King: “Animal”
CHRIS KING Animal Classic Records If you follow Austin songwriter Chris King on Twitter, you might have noticed that he can be a bit of …
Video: Quaker City Night Hawks @ LSM/KOKE-FM Dillo Mixer Threadgill's World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, March 18, 2016
By Richard Skanse On May 20, Fort Worth’s Quaker City Night Hawks will be releasing what we’re already declaring — having played the ever-living hell …
The Gospel according to Wade Bowen Texas songwriter gets spiritual on new “Then Sings My Soul … Songs for My Mother”
By Kelly Dearmore Over the last five years, Wade Bowen has become as prolific of a recording artist as Texas has seen in quite some …
Video: Uncle Lucius @ LSM/KOKE-FM Dillo Mixer Threadgill's World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, March 18, 2016
Like all the acts featured at Lone Star Music and KOKE-FM’s Dillo Mixer at Threadgill’s World Headquarters (held March 18, 2016 during Austin’s South by …
