By Richard Skanse For never-been-theres and others who might not know better, the Old Settler’s Music Festival — which kicks off its 30th installment this …
By Richard Skanse It’s that time of year again when thousands upon thousands of songwriters, bands, record label executives, bloggers and all manner of other industry types …
By Lynne Margolis The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde was the “surprise” superstar musical guest at the Austin Chronicle’s 35th annual Austin Music Awards, held Sunday night …
By Richard Skanse In case you missed last night’s Grammy Awards — and by “missed” we mean not just the telecast, but the inevitable Grammy …
By Lynne Margolis Ever since Feb. 12, 2012 was declared Shakey Graves Day by mayoral proclamation, Austin singer-songwriter Alejandro Rose-Garcia has been celebrating the anniversary …
By Richard Skanse Alas, there will be no Dallas Cowboys — or even Houston Texans, for that matter — on the field representing the Lone …
By Scott Schinder Veteran singer-songwriter Greg Trooper passed away on January 15, two days after his 61st birthday, following a year-and-a-half battle with pancreatic cancer. …
By Richard Skanse Out of all the songwriters and country stars to have launched their careers out of Cheatham Street Warehouse, perhaps no artist has …
By Richard Skanse As frightfully prolific as the Gourds were over the course of their nearly two-decade run, Kevin Russell seems to be well on his way …
By Richard Skanse When Sturgill Simpson, duly appointed member of the official Holy Trinity of Saving Country Music Messiahs (alongside Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell), …
