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NATALIE MAINES Mother Columbia Ten years on from the Dixie Chicks’ bitter divorce from mainstream country music — and six years after the trio’s last …

Turnpike Troubadours, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and LSM Hall of Fame inductee Robert Earl Keen win big at fifth annual Lone Star Music Awards By Richard …

By Lynne Margolis (LSM May/June 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 3) There’s no way to know anymore just how many people show up for the annual …

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN Texas Flood: Deluxe Edition Epic/Legacy For many of this magazine’s readers, it may be hard to remember a time before Stevie Ray …

DALE WATSON & HIS LONESTARS El Rancho Azul Red House Records On Dale Waton’s latest album, the pompadoured honky-tonker wastes little time in displaying the honesty …

SONS OF FATHERS Burning Days Blanco River Music Sons of Fathers, led by David Beck and Paul Cauthen, have been widely accepted by fans of …

THE MAVERICKS In Time Valory Music No one does a love song quite like the Pavarotti of Latin-tinged roots-pop-soul, and with his old pals the …

DUSTIN WELCH Tijuana Bible Super Rooster Records The passion and intensity of a confident young artist bringing his vision to the world is an inspiring …

MATT KING Apples and Orphans Big Bicycle Music For some time now, Matt King has been pegged as an artist with a must-see live show …

ASHLEY MONROE Like a Rose Warner Music Nashville Ashley Monroe is an old soul wise beyond her years. Clear evidence: The Nashville resident’s Like a …