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LESLIE KRAFKA Onward Smallz Records Houston’s Leslie Krafka is proof that it’s never too late to find your true calling. A few short years ago, …

GRANT PEEPLES Punishing the Myth GatorBone Records 105 Woody Guthrie reminded us that it takes a worried man to sing a worried song. On Punishing …

UNCLE TUPELO No Depression: Legacy Edition Sony Legacy Uncle Tupelo’s 1990 debut No Depression inadvertently kick-started contemporary alt- country, and was so influential in shaping …

DAVID GRISSOM How It Feels To Fly Wide Load Frustrating indeed is this latest solo album from Austin guitar star David Grissom, best known for …

MERLE HAGGARD Okie from Muskogee: Anniversary Edition Capitol/UME Despite the title, this is a double-disc twofer of Haggard’s late-60s live albums Okie from Muskogee and …

VARIOUS ARTISTS El Paso Rock, Volume 4: Thunder El Paso Rock, Volume 5: The Troubled Streets El Paso Rock, Volume 6: Black Out El Paso …

GRAHAM WEBER Faded Photos www.grahamweber.com If you want evidence that Graham Weber can rock, proceed directly to Ashes in the Rearview, the new album by …

NIKKI LANE All or Nothin’ New West Nikki Lane is touted as both a modern-day Wanda Jackson and a (rather fetching) country outlaw, and not …

DEX ROMWEBER DUO Images 13 Bloodshot Dexter Romweber’s image as an outsider/eccentric is less significant than his stature as an incomparable iconoclast and singular stylist …

SUSAN GIBSON The Second Hand: Live at the Bugle Boy www.susangibson.com Susan Gibson may not be the most prolific recording artist on the Texas singer-songwriter …