By Mike Ethan Messick Recent converts to the independent Texas country-rock movement might not know this, but for a stretch in the late ‘90s going …
By Holly Gleason I didn’t like country music. Truth is, I probably didn’t really know what it was at all. Whiny, nasal, twang twang twang …
By Holly Gleason It’s been five years since Hayes Carll put out a record, but it feels more like a decade. For the jokester/heart-tugging troubadour, …
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 …
By Thomas D. Mooney Over the past decade, Dave Cobb has produced critically-acclaimed — and award-winning — albums by the likes of Jason Isbell (Southeastern, …
By Kelly Dearmore Spend any time listening to Lincoln Durham’s music, and you might come to the conclusion that he’s the angriest young performing songwriter in …
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 …
By Scott Schinder Welsh-born, Chicago-based renaissance man Jon Langford recently wrapped a typically action-packed SXSW, during which he performed multiple sets with four different bands …
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 …
By Christian Wallace It’s been said that good things take time. Sam Anderson and David Matsler met back in 2003 out on the lonely Llano …
