In Profile: Mike Ryan Teaming-up to grow-up with Bad Reputation
By Kelly Dearmore (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Mike Ryan is not, strictly speaking, a “newcomer” on the Texas country scene. The San …
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May 5, 2016 Q&A: Ryan Beaver How three years of due diligence in Nashville — and a little chip on his shoulder — put the Texas songwriter back on his game
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May 4, 2016 Ain’t nobody got a hold on Rob Baird Prodigal Austin songwriter comes home to “Wrong Side of the River”
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April 14, 2016 2016 Record Store Day, Americana style … 12 exclusive RSD releases for the Texas/Americana music fanatic
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April 14, 2016 LSM State of Mind: Singing the “RSD” blues Why Record Store Day isn’t all it should and was meant to be — and how I’d fix it.
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April 13, 2016 In Profile: Dolly Shine Stephenville band takes on gritty desert landscape and West Texas lore for forthcoming “Walkabout”
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Black Fret Mentor Spotlight: Kevin Wommack
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Resurrecting the artist-salon model to foster career development in Austin’s music community, the nonprofit Black …
Gimme some! Reunited Skunks Jon Dee Graham and Jesse Sublett recall their Cheatham Street days
Reunited Skunks Jon Dee Graham and Jesse Sublett recall their Cheatham Street days By Brian T. Atkinson (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Legendary …
Meet the Fauntleroys Hurricane survivor Alejandro Escovedo teams with friends Ivan Julian, Nicolas Tremulis and Linda Pitmon to revisit his punk roots and channel the “immediacy of the streets”
By Lynne Margolis (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Being Alejandro Escovedo’s manager can’t be the easiest job even on good days. The guy’s …
In Profile: Shakey Graves Austin folk-blues upstart shakes free of the one-man-band tag, recruits helping hands for And the War Came
By Michael Hoinski (LSM Oct/Nov 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 5) Alejandro Rose-Garcia was destined to be the one and only. In 2007, the Austin native, …
The Mastersons The duke and duchess of Americana power pop embrace their chemistry on Good Luck Charm
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “There was this article… What was the title?” muses Eleanor Whitmore, the crimson mermaid-tressed and …
Q&A: Billy Joe Shaver “Long in the tooth” but strong as ever, the unstoppable and seemingly indestructible old chunk of coal talks love, loss, and faith.
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) Legend has always cloaked Billy Joe Shaver: As an 8-year-old living with his grandmother, singing …
Heartworn Highways: Allan Goodman tribute
Live Forever: Remembering Allan Goodman By Drew Kennedy (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) [Editor’s Note: California-born guitarist and songwriter Allan Goodman, who became …
“This will be our year, took a long time to come …” Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison had so much fun making their first album together, they decided a victory lap was in order. But after this year’s Our Year, they’re putting the Bruce & Kelly Show on hold: “We don’t want to push it!”
By Richard Skanse (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) Kelly Willis can’t remember the first time she ever heard “Harper Valley PTA.” “I’m sure …
Miranda Lambert The true heart and real deal behind the Platinum superstar
By Holly Gleason (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol 7 – issue 4) “That’s not anywhere in the So You Want to Be a Country Singer Handbook,” Miranda …
