By Mike Ethan Messick The strained relationship between mainstream country music’s Nashville epicenter and the relatively left-field artistic frontier of Texas goes at least all …
By Thomas D. Mooney Last summer, Lubbock singer-songwriter Charlie Stout headed out into the New Mexico desert, hunkered down in the abandoned Presbyterian church of an …
By Don McLeese There are no losers here. From the start, even before I knew who the 64 slotted contenders were, my critical pick to …
Our readers have spoken — or rather, clicked and voted — and the verdict is in: The self-titled 1977 debut by Lubbock-reared roots rocker Joe Ely …
Let’s be honest here … did anyone really want to have to choose between Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark? As hard as many of …
This is the tale of the Red Headed Stranger, and if he should pass your way … Well, you know the drill: Don’t mess with …
By Don McLeese “It’s the singer, not the song.” — Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “I’m just an old chunk of coal But I’m gonna be a …
When we kicked off this poll a couple weeks back with 64 classic albums from the ’70s heyday of Texas progressive country music, there were …
It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. Or until one’s favorite album of all time gets eliminated. Or until it comes down to …
By Kelly Dearmore There are very few — if any — songwriters around that can boast a portfolio as varied as that of Sean McConnell. …
