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CHRISTINE ALBERT Everything’s Beautiful Now MoonHouse Records There’s a time — and music — for Texas two-stepping and knocking back cold longnecks in Texas dance …

DIRTY RIVER BOYS Dirty River Boys DRB Music From the very first notes, it’s clear that the self-titled release from El Paso’s Dirty River Boys …

RYAN ADAMS Ryan Adams Pax Am/Blue Note Being a Ryan Adams fan traditionally has not been for the faint of heart. For every “When the …

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Single Mothers Vagrant Records After the old-time country stylings of his 2008 debut, The Good Life, Justin Townes Earle has diverged from …

LEE ANN WOMACK The Way I’m Livin’ Sugar Hill Given the freedom to finally make exactly the record she wanted to make after years of …

GARY CLARK JR. Live Warner Bros Blues fans can be a demanding bunch. Each time promising players emerge, they’re expected to document their authenticity. Show …

For a band whose name derives from the voice procedure term for “will comply,” Wilco has been at its best when dealing with conflict: Jeff …

STONEY LARUE Aviator Entertainment One Music One of the signature artists and biggest draws on the Texas/Oklahoma musical axis — de- spite having what once …

WADE BOWEN Wade Bowen +180 Records World-beating self-assuredness has served Wade Bowen well over the last few years. He’s made the gradual transition from North …

I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like: Mostly True Tall Tales By Todd Snider Da Capo Press By Lynne Margolis (LSM July/Aug 2014/vol. 7 …