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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN High Hopes Columbia In the liner notes to High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen says he wanted to give these stray songs their proper due. …

JERE LOWE Cars Trains and the Wind www.JereLowe.com When Texans get to bragging about the Texas-sized musical talent pool of the Lone Star State, the …

THE BIGSBYS Good Will Suitcase Shiner Records The new album from Palestine, Texas-bred foursome the Bigsbys (none of the members have Bigsby in their name) …

JOE KING CARRASCO Tlaquepaque Rucca Que Wow Tattoo Laredo Vamos A Get Down Anaconda Records Although he’s best known outside of Texas for his new …

BRIAN KEANE Coming Home www.briankeane.net Texas regional radio has been kind to Brian Keane in the past three years. The Josh Abbott Band took Keane’s …

LOS LONELY BOYS Revelation Lonelytone/Playing in Traffic Records At first glance, Revelation seems like a pretty bold title for a Los Lonely Boys album — …

LAURA CANTRELL No Way There From Here Thrift Shop Recordings Over her five albums, New York-via-Nashville alt-country songbird Laura Cantrell has evolved steadily from savvy …

SCOTT H. BIRAM Nothin’ But Blood Bloodshot Records Scott H. Biram has always specialized in capturing the black, tortured depths of the human soul. And …

ELIZA GILKYSON The Nocturne Diaries Red House Records Ever since her by then already three-decade-plus-long music career hit its artistic stride in full with her …

ROSANNE CASH The River & the Thread Blue Note The guitar is all tremble and steam, just a few notes rocking back and forth over a …