Q&A: Javier Escovedo Looking for the perfect tone, from Zero to True Believer and beyond
By j. poet Javier Escovedo grew up in San Diego in a house full of musicians. His older brothers are Pete (Santana, Azteca, Pete Escovedo …
By j. poet Javier Escovedo grew up in San Diego in a house full of musicians. His older brothers are Pete (Santana, Azteca, Pete Escovedo …
By Richard Skanse Long before he built his House of Songs, launched an award-winning animation/film company, helped shepherd a Roky Erickson comeback, and dreamed up …
By Cody Oxley Try not to judge singer-songwriter Parker McCollum by his cover. The 23-year-old “Limestone Kid” from Conroe is well aware of the fact …
By Richard Skanse “Hey, what ’cha know?” It’s 10:30 a.m., and Joe Ely, his signature West Texas greeting as cheerful as ever, is all coffee’d …
By Kelly Dearmore Though 2016 is still quite young, we may have already seen one of Texas country music’s biggest success stories of the year. …
By Lynne Margolis Jon Dee Graham has been known for decades as a top-notch singer-songwriter and guitarist; he’s the only three-time inductee into the Austin …
By Cody Oxley Reared on Appalachian bluegrass, singer-songwriter Lew Card left his native Tennessee for Texas a decade ago, initially finding his niche picking mandolin …
By Mike Ethan Messick In the crowded field of independent Texan talents seeking to write, perform, and sell their own distinct takes on modern country …
By Mike Ethan Messick Austin singer-songwriter Chris King has kicked up a not-insignificant amount of dust over the past couple of years, ascending from erstwhile …
By Thomas D. Mooney With the release of his fourth album, Ringling Road — Lone Star Music’s fourth best-selling album of 2015 — Texas songwriter William …