Jeff Mix: Songheart, can’t lose How the self-professed "late bloomer" found his way on the "Lost Vegas Hiway."
By Richard Skanse Las Vegas has earned a reputation for being a great many things over the years, but a hotbed of original music is …
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January 4, 2019 LSM’s 2018 review round-up … and catch-up (Part 1) As we look forward to a 2019 promising a bumper crop of new releases from many of our favorite artists, here's a look back at some of the most notable Americana, Texas, and Red Dirt albums of 2018
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September 25, 2018 Q&A: Alejandro Escovedo The True Believer talks about how a band of Italians — and the fictional story of two immigrants in search of America in the age of Trump — helped him find his way to making the most personal and boldly political album of his life, "The Crossing."
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September 1, 2018 Q&A: Joe Ely The Panhandle Rambler talks about his new (old) "Lubbock Tapes," the lure of revisiting "Chippy," wild baby turkeys, and the perils of singing songs about "Borderless Love."
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August 20, 2018 Walk On: Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s long road to “Downey to Lubbock” How a wild blues Blaster and an old Flatlander found a way, after years of friendship, to finally "Get Together" on record.
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June 28, 2018 Old trees just grow stronger A songwriter's appreciation of John Prine
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Q&A: Kaitlin Butts The firebrand Okie talks about life on the road, what she admires most about the way they do things down in Texas, and why she'd love to write with a gal like Kacey Musgraves
By Madisun K. Geis With a voice that commands the room and the songwriting chops to back it up, Kaitlin Butts is a spitfire songstress …
LSM Video Premiere: Bill Carter’s “Crossfire” Austin songwriter takes his most famous song (via Stevie Ray Vaughan) for a revelatory new acoustic spin
By D.C. Bloom From a 1983 jam session in a Manchaca, Texas warehouse to over three million airplays around the world, Bill Carter’s “Crossfire” has come …
LSM Playlist: Remembering Brandon Jenkins 10 standout tracks — old and brand new — by the Red Dirt Legend
By Mike Ethan Messick When Oklahoma singer-songwriter Brandon Jenkins died on March 2, 2018, after several harrowing days of fighting for his life in the wake of …
Before he was Jerry Jeff … How a search for the original draft of "Mr. Bojangles" led to the discovery of never-before-heard recordings from 1964 and ’65 — and what those tapes (now part of the Wittliff Collections' ¡Viva Jerry Jeff! exhibit) tell us about the itinerant folk singer who would become a Texas music legend.
(Above) Jerry Jeff Walker performing his song “Talkin’ New Orleans Destruction Blues” at a New Orleans coffeehouse in the summer of 1964 — back when …
Five minutes with John Baumann The “high plains troubadour” talks about secret talents, his wife’s pet peeves, and his love for Matthew McConaughey.
By Madisun K. Geis At times self-deprecating and always authentic, John Baumann is a storyteller through and through. With the release of his second full-length album, Proving …
Two of the Fortunate Few A conversation with Americana/Texas music legend Delbert McClinton and his biographer, Diana Finlay Hendricks
By Richard Skanse What a difference two years — and a helluva lotta dedicated hard work — can make. Back in January 2016, when Diana Finlay …
Q&A: Savannah Welch The resilient singer-songwriter, actress, and devoted mother looks back on the most transformative year of her life — and shares her perspective on how losing a leg helped her find her way.
By Richard Skanse “Do you want to see how fast I can go?” It’s a week before Thanksgiving, and Savannah Welch is showing off her …
“And just like that, we became hippies …”: The road to Delbert McClinton’s “Two More Bottles of Wine” An excerpt "Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few," by Diana Finlay Hendricks (Texas A&M University Press)
Editor’s Note: LoneStarMusicMagazine.com is proud to feature the following excerpt from the new book, “Delbert McClinton: One of the Fortunate Few,” by San Marcos, Texas author …
Q&A: Drew Kennedy The Virginia-reared Texas/Red River songwriting ambassador talks about his new album, "At Home in the Big Lonesome," the gift of working with talented friends, and how a Robert Earl Keen song changed his life
By Mike Ethan Messick There are plenty of reasons to like Drew Kennedy. For starters, there’s the way his music bridges the gap between Texas …
