In Profile: Robyn Ludwick Hard woman with a heartache
By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) The Devil’s Backbone Tavern in Fischer, Texas is the kinda place that looks pretty much …
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May 16, 2016 Willie’s 4th of July Picnic back in Austin for second year in a row Tickets on sale Friday for Independence Day bash at Circuit of the Americas
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May 11, 2016 LSM Song Premiere: Verlon Thompson’s “Sideman’s Dream” Track from "The Polished Steel Sessions" finds guitarist reflecting on his long journey with Guy Clark
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May 9, 2016 Dixie Chicks: Six strong hands on a steering wheel Taking a long look back at “Wide Open Spaces,” “Fly,” “Home” and “Taking the Long Way”
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May 5, 2016 Lineup announced for 15th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton, and Kacey Musgraves to join headliners Radiohead, Mumford & Sons, and Kendrick Lamar at two-weekend Zilker Park extravaganza
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April 29, 2016 Neil Young, Lucinda Williams & friends deliver in spades down by the river Whitewater Amphitheatre, New Braunfels, Texas, April 25, 2016
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Dale Watson: “The Truckin’ Sessions Trilogy”
DALE WATSON The Truckin’ Sessions Trilogy Red River Entertainment Lord knows there’s a lotta truckin’ songs in the classic country cannon, but it takes a true …
Robyn Ludwick: “Little Rain”
ROBYN LUDWICK Little Rain www.robynludwick.com Robyn Ludwick does not trade in good times and sentimentality. She writes and sings hard songs about hardened souls (mostly …
BettySoo: “When We’re Gone”
BETTYSOO When We’re Gone www.bettysoo.com In her nine years as a recording artist, Austin’s BettySoo has made albums more stylistically varied (2007’s delightful Little Tiny …
Joe Ely: “B4 84”
JOE ELY B4 84 Rack ’Em Records File this between “ahead of its time” and “better late than never.” Way back in 1983, Joe Ely …
Willie Nelson: “Band of Brothers” / Billy Joe Shaver: “Long In the Tooth”
WILLIE NELSON Band of Brothers Legacy BILLY JOE SHAVER Long In the Tooth Lightning Rod Records When Willie Nelson and Billy Joe Shaver sing about it …
After Awhile: LSM July/Aug 2014 (John Fullbright)
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol. 7 – Issue ) I can’t, for the life of me, remember what song it …
Radney Foster: “Unh, Unh, Unh” Live at Superfly's Lone Star Music Emporium on May 21, 2014
Radney Foster performing his song “Unh, Unh, Unh” from his album “Everything I Should Have Said” at Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium in San Marcos, …
Real women, real songs — lots and lots of songs Cary Cooper gave herself and 21 of her female songwriter peers a challenge: write a song a week for 52 weeks, and share them — warts and all, finished or not — on the Internet.
By Richard Skanse (LSM May/June 2014/vol. 7 – issue 3) On the top shelf of a bookcase in Cary Cooper’s living room in Dallas sits an …
Lone Star Music Awards 2014
Musta notta gotta lotta sleep that night! Hall of Famer Joe Ely teams with Reckless Kelly to rock sixth annual Lone Star Music Awards in …
