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BILLY JOE SHAVER Live at Billy Bob’s Texas Smith Music Group Billy Joe Shaver turns 68 this year, but you’d never know it from the …

SIX MARKET BLVD. Shake It Down www.sixmarketblvd.com At the risk of downplaying Six Market Blvd.’s creative spark, they sound like they’ve got one hell of …

PAUL THORN What the Hell is Goin’ On? Perpetual Obscurity Records In Paul Thorn’s vision of hell, iPods play only Toby Keith. Fortunately, he lives …

By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) A little layer of dust could hardly tamp down the enthusiasm shared by performers and audience …

JESS KLEIN  Behind a Veil Motherlode Records Like tourists in search of the largest urban bat colony in the world, singer-songwriters in search of new …

JONIE RAE JACK Jonie Rae Jack Ah-Ha Music Group Joni Rae Jack is not a 20-something starlet with aspirations of being the next big thing …

The beast that consumes Austin also gives back By Lynne Margolis (May/June 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 3) Having long ago morphed from an 800-pound gorilla …

ROB BAIRD I Swear It’s the Truth Carnival Recording Company Rob Baird’s I Swear It’s the Truth is the wise-beyond-his-years album that some folks were …

BONNIE RAITT Slipstream Redwing Records Bonnie Raitt always gets kudos for her wicked cool guitar chops, but even if she couldn’t play a single lick, …

SETH WALKER Times Can Change Roe Records Talk about understated. Former Austinite Seth Walker, who moved to Nashville a few years ago, has gone elemental …