Posts in category Albums

PARKER McCOLLUM The Limestone Kid www.ParkerMcCollum.com Conroe-born, Austin-based Parker McCollum has a perfect country music voice: a manly, midrange tenor that delivers his lyrics with …

BLUE WATER HIGHWAY BAND Things We Carry www.BlueWaterHighwayBand.com With a band name that sounds cooked up by an Americana band-naming app and a sound that …

HALEY COLE Illusions www.Haley-Cole.com Even in the shadow of the progressive/eclectic Austin-area music scene, it can be hard for a young artist with an acoustic …

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES Terraplane New West After three decades of album making, Steve Earle’s hardcore-troubadour credentials are just about bulletproof. His track record …

WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD Django and Jimmie Legacy Recordings The gatefold photo for Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard’s new album shows the two troubadours …

OLD 97’s Hitchhike to Rhome (20th Anniversary Edition) Omnivore Recordings Although it was never as big in the mainstream as “Outlaw” country in the ’70s …

JOE TEICHMAN Backburner Tremolo Joe Music It’s hard to spot a breakout artist in the crowded field of modern young country-folk artists — it’s a …

KIMBERLY DUNN Forever On the Run Kimberly Dunn Enterprises San Antonio-native Kimberly Dunn made her first splash on the Texas country scene with a little single …

RYAN BINGHAM Fear and Saturday Night Axster Bingham Records/Thirty Tigers The quality that his earliest champions like Joe Ely and Terry Allen praised most about Ryan …

ROBERT EARL KEEN Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Dualtone Forty-odd years and thousands of miles down that road going on forever, Robert Earl Keen’s career …