Posts in category Vol 6 Issue 3

THOSE NIGHTS Those Nights www.thosenightsmusic.com Originally a three-man project, San Marcos’ Those Nights have evolved into a five-man festival. During a live performance, you are …

JAVI GARCIA The Great Controversy Izzy Is Dead Records When an artist knowingly makes music that isn’t for everyone, an honest listener can at least …

PISTOL ANNIES Annie Up RCA It would be easy to dismiss the Pistol Annies as the white-trash trio project for three-time Country Music Association Album …

SLAID CLEAVES Still Fighting the War Music Road Records Slaid Cleaves has made a fistful of very fine albums since his migration from Maine down …

RANDY ROGERS BAND Trouble MCA Nashville For the Randy Rogers Band’s eighth studio album, Trouble, the regionally iconic five-piece successfully spreads its wings just enough to …

KACEY MUSGRAVES Same Trailer, Different Park Mercury Kacey Musgraves is the perfect mainstream country music conundrum. Same Trailer, Different Park will be widely recognized as …

GUY CLARK My Favorite Picture of You Dualtone On 2011’s This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, 29 of the legendary Texas songwriter’s …

PATTY GRIFFIN American Kid New West Like most great songwriters, Patty Griffin is not known for happy tunes. But on American Kid, her New West …

PAKE ROSSI The Mercy of the Mountain www.pakerossi.com A friendly, frequently-booked young fixture in the Hill Country heart of Texas country folk, Pake Rossi didn’t …

BLACK LILLIES Runaway Freeway Blues Attack Monkey/North Knox Records Knoxville, Tenn.’s the Black Lillies reached admirable heights with their 2011 album, 100 Miles of Wreckage, …