Wax Poetic: Marty Robbins’ “Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs”
By Gurf Morlix (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) I got an email from Richard Skanse. He asked if I’d be interested in writing an …
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Raleigh rolls out welcome mat for bluegrass
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Though Bill Monroe, “the father of bluegrass,” hailed from Kentucky, genre giants Earl Scruggs and Doc …
CMAs crown George Strait Entertainer of the Year
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) How did a 61-year-old, pure country traditionalist like George Strait manage to beat out the whippersnapper-likes …
Americana Fest 2014 14th Americana confab celebrates veterans and newcomers
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) From Mumford & Sons’ Album of the Year Grammy Award to the Coen Brothers’ folk-filled, T …
When the rains came: ACL Fest 2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival expanded, then contracted with its first rainout
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) For its 12th year, the Austin City Limits Festival had intended to expand to six days, …
After Awhile: LSM Dec 2013/Jan 2014 (Patty Griffin)
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Well well now — look who went out and got themselves a …
In Profile: The Hickoids Austin’s infamous purveyors of irreverent cowpunk, stage their triumphant return with "Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit."
By Eric Hisaw (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) From Bob Wills to Buddy Holly and Mance Lipscomb to Santiago Jimenez — to name but a …
Drawing on inspiration Meet Ali Holder, an Austin singer-songwriter on the rise with her stellar and eclectic full-length debut, In Preparation for Saturn’s Return.
By D.C. Bloom (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) Ali Holder breezes through Strange Brew, one of the coolest of the many cool kids and …
In Profile: Wild Child It takes two ... and a uke: From "Pillow Talk" to "The Runaround," Austin’s Wild Child comes of age.
By j. poet (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) “Between us, we make up one good songwriter,” says Wild Child singer and ukulele player Kelsey …
In Profile: Cody Canada Old friends: Cody Canada revisits songs from his Cross Canadian Ragweed past, and looks ahead to the Departed’s future.
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Jan 2014/vol. 7 – issue 1) When Cody Canada launched his new band, the Departed, after the unceremonious 2010 break-up of Cross …
